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- Title: Aldridge v. Mims
- Author : New Mexico Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 22, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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BLACK, Judge. Born out of wedlock, Steven Aldridge (Child) was adopted in 1978 by his maternal grandparents, but consent to the adoption
was not obtained from his natural father. The maternal grandmother attested that the adoption petition did not contain any
reference to the alleged natural father because he was very violent, and consequently the family was afraid to approach him
either for consent to adopt or to ask him to provide support for his child. When Child's alleged natural father died intestate
in 1992, Child filed a claim of heirship and a separate suit to establish paternity. The Estate moved to dismiss Child's claim
of heirship and paternity suit, and the district court granted the motions to dismiss in both actions. Child appeals both
dismissals, and we consolidated the cases on appeal. We affirm.