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The father of my children left to Mexico because he was scared that the FBI was looking for him. He was controlling and very verbally, emotionally and physically abusive. After he left I finally told him that I did not want to be together and that me and my daughters were not going out there to... View More 
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answered on Jul 18, 2024
Filing for full custody of your children while the father is in Mexico and you are on the Navajo reservation can be challenging, but there are steps you can take. Since the Navajo Nation Judicial Court requires his exact address to file, you may need to gather any information you have about his... View More
Our lawyers filed similar if not exact same findings of facts for our CYFD case, and he accepted some on mine and denied the same ones on his, and vice versa. Our lawyers are out of the office, so we can't ask them yet, but can the judge allow a fact from my finding and deny the same fact on... View More
answered on Apr 26, 2019
Hello,
Unfortunately, you have stated you are represented by counsel and it would therefore be unethical to comment as per ABA Rule 4.2.
We domicile on the Acoma Pueblo . So who has the jurisdiction of this case? We have went to court adjudicatory hearing and cyfd attorney had to do a continuance on this hearing 3 times already. To my knowledge cyfd should have already transferred or gave the Tribal courts jurisdiction, over my... View More
answered on Feb 28, 2019
Hello,
I am sorry to hear of your situation.
Dealing with a State Agency on Tribal Lands can be a complex situation. Today many tribes have entered into Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA) with the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) of the State as it pertains to the... View More
And could this case be dismissed if the tribe and CYFD didnt follow procedure?
answered on Jan 22, 2019
Hello,
I am sorry to hear of your situation.
In New Mexico the following tribes have agreements with CYFD:
Mescalero Apache
Navajo Nation
Pueblo of Jemez
Pueblo of Tesuque
Therefore, if you are a member of these tribes CYFD will have... View More
Also, why were they only given 3 days to move out of the house when the notice was handed to them, while the notice said 5 days?
answered on Mar 24, 2017
Without more details and this may be speculative, the bail may be based on a dollar amount that the landlord is trying to recover from past rent.
They may have been served with notice by mail, but was handed a copy later. Again, I don't have exactly enough information.
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