STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV. v. JOJOLA

No. 14116.

660 P.2d 590 (1983)

99 N.M. 500

STATE of New Mexico, ex rel., DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jimmy Andrew JOJOLA, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bardacke, Atty. Gen., E. Carrell Ray, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albuquerque, for petitioner-appellant.

Anthony F. Little, Bernalillo, for respondent-appellee.

Michael Taylor, Reservation Atty., Nespelem, Wash., amicus curiae.


OPINION

RIORDAN, Justice.

State of New Mexico's Department of Human Services (DHS) filed a paternity petition in the District Court of Bernalillo County seeking a judgment to determine Jimmy Andrew Jojola (Jojola) to be the natural father of Jonathan Abeita and require Jojola to make monthly payments for his support. Jojola filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction. The district court dismissed the petition for lack of...

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