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Caroline Bass, Attorney At Law
1405 Vegas Verdes Unit 348 Santa Fe, NM 87507» view map
Divorce & Family Law
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1. Caroline Bass Santa Fe, NM
  Attorney at Law - NM, 1989
  Northern Illinois University J.D. 1986
2. AboutCaroline Bass, Attorney At Law
  Family law attorney serving all of Northern NM since 1998
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LEGAL TERMS

ADOPT

(1) To assume the legal relationship of parent to another person's child. See also adoption. (2) To approve or accept something -- for example, a legislative bo... (more...)

(1) To assume the legal relationship of parent to another person's child. See also adoption. (2) To approve or accept something -- for example, a legislative body may adopt a law or an amendment, a government agency may adopt a regulation or a party to a lawsuit may adopt a particular argument.

MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME

An annual income figure for which there are as many families with incomes below that level as there are above that level. The Census Bureau publishes median fam... (more...)

An annual income figure for which there are as many families with incomes below that level as there are above that level. The Census Bureau publishes median family income figures for each state and for different family sizes. A debtor whose current monthly income is higher than the median family income in his or her state must pass the means test in order to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and must commit all disposable income to a five-year repayment plan if filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

QMSCO

See Qualified Medical Child Support Order.

OPEN ADOPTION

An adoption in which there is some degree of contact between the birthparents and the adoptive parents and sometimes with the child as well. As opposed to most ... (more...)

An adoption in which there is some degree of contact between the birthparents and the adoptive parents and sometimes with the child as well. As opposed to most adoptions in which birth and adoption records are sealed by court order, open adoptions allow the parties to decide how much contact the adoptive family and the birthparents will have.

VISITATION RIGHTS

The right to see a child regularly, typically awarded by the court to the parent who does not have physical custody of the child. The court will deny visitation... (more...)

The right to see a child regularly, typically awarded by the court to the parent who does not have physical custody of the child. The court will deny visitation rights only if it decides that visitation would hurt the child so much that the parent should be kept away.

LEGAL RISK PLACEMENT

A type of adoption used by agencies to keep a child out of foster care during the adoption process. The child is placed with the adopting parents before the bir... (more...)

A type of adoption used by agencies to keep a child out of foster care during the adoption process. The child is placed with the adopting parents before the birthmother has legally given up her rights to raise the child. If she then decides not to relinquish her rights, the adopting parents must give the child back. This is a risk for the adopting parents, who may lose a child to whom they've become attached.

BRIEF

A document used to submit a legal contention or argument to a court. A brief typically sets out the facts of the case and a party's argument as to why she shoul... (more...)

A document used to submit a legal contention or argument to a court. A brief typically sets out the facts of the case and a party's argument as to why she should prevail. These arguments must be supported by legal authority and precedent, such as statutes, regulations and previous court decisions. Although it is usually possible to submit a brief to a trial court (called a trial brief), briefs are most commonly used as a central part of the appeal process (an appellate brief). But don't be fooled by the name -- briefs are usually anything but brief, as pointed out by writer Franz Kafka, who defined a lawyer as 'a person who writes a 10,000 word decision and calls it a brief.'

FOSTER CARE

Court-ordered care provided to children who are unable to live in their own homes, usually because their parents have abused or neglected them. Foster parents h... (more...)

Court-ordered care provided to children who are unable to live in their own homes, usually because their parents have abused or neglected them. Foster parents have a legal responsibility to care for their foster children, but do not have all the rights of a biological parent--for example, they may have limited rights to discipline the children, to raise them according to a certain religion or to authorize non-emergency medical procedures for them. The foster parents do not become the child's legal parents unless the biological parents' rights are terminated by a court and the foster parents adopt the child. This is not typically encouraged, as the goal of foster care is to provide temporary support for the children until they can be returned to their parents. See also foster child.

IRREMEDIABLE OR IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN

The situation that occurs in a marriage when one spouse refuses to live with the other and will not work toward reconciliation. In a number of states, irremedia... (more...)

The situation that occurs in a marriage when one spouse refuses to live with the other and will not work toward reconciliation. In a number of states, irremediable breakdown is the accepted ground for a no-fault divorce. As a practical matter, courts seldom, if ever, inquire into whether the marriage has actually broken down, and routinely grant a divorce as long as the party seeking the divorce says the marriage has fallen apart. Compare incompatibility; irreconcilable differences.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Waters-Haskins v. NM HUMAN SERVICES DEPT.

... Appellant adopted her grandchildren. The Second Judicial District [Court] issued a Final Decree of 1231 Adoption on November 24, 1997. Appellant then received an adoption subsidy from the CYFD to help her to care for her adopted children. ...

State ex rel. Hanosh v. NM ENV. IMPR. BD.

... Plaintiffs delivered the complaint to EIB on November 27, 2007, during EIB's hearing regarding the adoption of the regulations. ... As we discussed in preceding paragraphs, the present case does not involve the effect of EIB's adoption of the regulations. ...

IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION PETITION OF HOMER F. v. JEREMIAH E.

{3} As a part of the petition for adoption, Grandparents filed a motion requesting the district court to imply the consent of Father, pursuant to Section 32A-5-18. Father, acting pro se, filed a response to the petition and contested the adoption. In early November 2006, the district court held ...

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Richard Shapiro

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Carlos E. Martinez

Catherine Aguilar

Victoria W. Doom

Mary E. Chappelle

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LEGAL TERMS

ADOPT

MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME

QMSCO

OPEN ADOPTION

VISITATION RIGHTS

LEGAL RISK PLACEMENT

BRIEF

FOSTER CARE

IRREMEDIABLE OR IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Waters-Haskins v. NM HUMAN SERVICES DEPT.

State ex rel. Hanosh v. NM ENV. IMPR. BD.

IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION PETITION OF HOMER F. v. JEREMIAH E.

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