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WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays that this Court enter its Judgment terminating the

parental rights of _____________ (name(s) of Respondent(s)), with respect to

________________ (name(s) of child(ren)), and for such other and further relief as the Court

deems appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

Attorney name

Children’s Court Attorney

Children, Youth and Families Department

Attorney address

Telephone: ____________

Facsimile: _____________

USE NOTE

More than one person may need to be named as “father.” See Section 32A-5-

17(A)(4), (5) NMSA 1978.

More than one person may need to be named as “mother.” See, e.g., Chatterjee v.

King, 2012-NMSC-019, 280 P.3d 283.

If the child(ren) is/are subject to the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1901,

et seq., the petition must include the following:

(a)

the tribal affiliations of the child(ren)’s parents;

(b)

the specific actions taken by the moving party to notify the parents’ tribes

and the results of the contacts, including the names, addresses, titles and telephone numbers of

the persons contacted. Copies of any correspondence with the tribes shall be attached as exhibits

to the petition; and

(c)

what specific efforts were made to comply with the placement preferences

set forth in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 or the placement preferences of the

appropriate Indian tribes.

[Approved, effective, August 1, 2000; as amended, effective May 1, 2003; 10-470 recompiled

and amended as 10-540 by Supreme Court Order No. 14-8300-009, effective for all cases filed or

pending on or after December 31, 2014.]

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