Chatterjee v. King, 280 P.3d 283 (N.M. 2012)

Chatterjee v. King, 280 P.3d 283 (N.M. 2012)

As a matter of first impression, holding that Uniform Parentage Act’s statutory presumption conferring status of father on a man applies equally to same-sex partner of child’s adoptive mother, noting that classifications based on gender are presumptively unconstitutional and that denying partner opportunity to establish parentage would harm both the child and the State.

Caren I. Friedman, Partner