State ex rel. CYFD v. John R., 203 P.3d 167 (N.M. Ct. App. 2009)

State ex rel. CYFD v. John R., 203 P.3d 167 (N.M. Ct. App. 2009)

Reversing termination of father’s parental rights where district court erred in failing to appoint counsel for child who was over the age of 14, even where child had a disability and was not functioning at the mental age of 14; holding that father had standing to raise the right-to-counsel issue on behalf of his child.

Caren I. Friedman, Partner