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COCA v. NEW MEXICO H. AND S. SERVICES DEPT.

No. 2517.

555 P.2d 381 (1976)

89 N.M. 558

Petition of Pete COCA to adopt a minor child, John Daniel Cumins, Appellee, v. NEW MEXICO HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1976.

Certiorari Denied October 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, Julia C. Southerland, David S. Cohen, Robert P. McNeill, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Charles A. Keeling, Jr., Albuquerque, for appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the grandfather's adoption of his grandson. The grandson was over fourteen years of age and had lived with the grandfather since he was one year old. The grandson and the mother consented to the adoption. The father is dead. H.S.S.D. (New Mexico Health and Social Services Department) seeks to have the adoption decree set aside. One of the claims of H.S.S.D. is that it was a party to the adoption proceedings...

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