MATTER OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF JAMES W.H.

No. 14,031.

849 P.2d 1079 (1993)

115 N.M. 256

State of New Mexico, ex rel. Human Services Department: In the Matter of the TERMINATION OF the PARENTAL RIGHTS OF JAMES W.H., Respondent, with respect to Desiree and Norma H., Children, James W.H., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

February 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W.H., Los Lunas, pro se.

Simon Romo, Children's Court Atty., Albuquerque, for New Mexico Human Services Dept.

Jennifer Davis Hall, Albuquerque, Guardian Ad Litem.


Opinion

MINZNER, Chief Judge.

Father appeals the termination of his parental rights concerning his two daughters, Desiree and Norma. He is presently incarcerated for sexually abusing both girls. The children's mother has previously relinquished her parental rights. The sole issue Father raises on appeal is that his court-appointed trial attorney was ineffective because (1) he did not have the girls independently...

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