(Download) "State V. Avinger" by New Mexico Supreme Court ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Avinger
- Author : New Mexico Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 19, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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The Department of Human Services (DHS) filed a child neglect petition against Kathy Latham Avinger (Avinger) under the Children's Code, NMSA 1978, Sections 32-1-1 to -53 (Repl. Pamp. 1981) on November 6, 1984. Avinger raised jurisdictional issues under New Mexico's Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (CCJA), NMSA 1978, Sections 40-10-1 to -24 (Repl. Pamp.1983), based on the fact that she had been awarded custody of the subject children under a Texas divorce decree. No party raised or briefed the application of the federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA), 28 U.S.C. Section 1738A (1982) to the facts of this case. DHS had obtained custody of the children by an ex parte order on November 5, 1984. After a temporary custody hearing on the November 6, 1984 neglect petition, the children's court found probable cause for neglect and abandonment and continued custody of the children in DHS by its order of December 11, 1984. An adjudicatory hearing was held on January 4, 1985. The children's court findings and conclusions were filed on February 1, 1985. The trial court held that it had jurisdiction under Section 32-1-9 of the Children's Code.