State Supreme Court / N.M.

Matter of Adoption of JJB

Decided March 30, 1995. Stanley F. Frost wrote the opinion for the court.

894 P.2d 994 · Cited 55 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Quilloin v. Walcott · 434 U.S. 246
Bennett v. Jeffreys · 40 N.Y.2d 543
Shorty v. Scott · 535 P.2d 1341
Mortgage Inv. Co. of El Paso v. Griego · 771 P.2d 173
State Ex Rel. Lewis v. Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin & Upper Michigan · 207 N.W.2d 826
Bailes v. Sours · 340 S.E.2d 824
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. Turnipseed · 219 U.S. 35
In re the Adoption of Male Infant L. Christina L. · 61 N.Y.2d 420
In Re Petition of Doe · 638 N.E.2d 181
Matter of Adoption of Doe · 676 P.2d 1329
Judd v. Van Horn · 195 Va. 988
Wilkerson v. Wilkerson · 214 Va. 395
Gutierrez v. New Mexico Department of Public Welfare · 393 P.2d 12
Roth v. Bookert · 119 N.M. 638
Wallin v. Wallin · 187 N.W.2d 627
D. M. v. State · 515 P.2d 1234
Matter of Three Minor Children · 406 A.2d 14
In Re Peter M. · 602 A.2d 1161

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State ex rel. Children, Youth & Families Department v. Mafin M. · 133 N.M. 827
Chatterjee v. King · 2012 NMSC 19
In Re Baby Girl L. · 2002 OK 9
Helen G. v. Mark J.H. · 175 P.3d 914
Tue Thi Tran v. Bennett · 411 P.3d 345
S.C. v. J.L. · 51 P.3d 544
James R. v. Cindy R. · 41 Cal. App. 4th 1483

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