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Cases of Interest: New Mexico
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Attorneys and Clients (full category)NEW MEXICO: Carillo v. Coors, ___ N.M. ___, 901 P.2d 214 (Ct. App. 1995).
A divorce lawyer did not commit malpractice by failing to obtain a lien in a property settlement involving installment payments because divorce decrees ordering future periodic payments are not money judgments that can be protected under the general lien statute.
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Classification of Assets (full category)NEW MEXICO: Franklin v. Franklin, ___ N.M. ___, 859 P.2d 479 (Ct. App. 1993).
Lump-sum severance pay received by husband after divorce was his separate property.
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Federal Preemption (full category)NEW MEXICO: Hennessy v. Duryea, ___ N.M. ___, 955 P.2d 683 (Ct. App. 1998).
Federal law precluded the wife from being awarded a share of the husband's military retirement benefits where the parties' 1973 divorce decree did not divide the benefits or reserve jurisdiction to do so.
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Military Benefits (full category)NEW MEXICO: Hennessy v. Duryea, ___ N.M. ___, 955 P.2d 683 (Ct. App. 1998).
Federal law precluded the wife from being awarded a share of the husband's military retirement benefits where the parties' 1973 divorce decree did not divide the benefits or reserve jurisdiction to do so.
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Pensions (full category)NEW MEXICO: Barnes v. Shoemaker, ___ N.M. ___, 868 P.2d 1284 (Ct. App. 1994).
Modification of an order distributing retirement benefits is improper, even though the original order was based on erroneous projections, since there was no evidence that the error was the result of a postdecree event or otherwise could not have been anticipated.
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Personal Injury Awards (full category)NEW MEXICO: Sanders v. Estate of Sanders, ___ N.M. ___, 927 P.2d 23 (Ct. App. 1996).
The husband's alleged statement to the court that the parties' settlement agreement was fair did not constitute fraud on the court.
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Postdecree Proceedings (full category)NEW MEXICO: Barnes v. Shoemaker, ___ N.M. ___, 868 P.2d 1284 (Ct. App. 1994).
Modification of an order distributing retirement benefits is improper, even though the original order was based on erroneous projections, since there was no evidence that the error was the result of a postdecree event or otherwise could not have been anticipated.
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Valuation of Property (full category)NEW MEXICO: Barnes v. Shoemaker, ___ N.M. ___, 868 P.2d 1284 (Ct. App. 1994).
Modification of an order distributing retirement benefits is improper, even though the original order was based on erroneous projections, since there was no evidence that the error was the result of a postdecree event or otherwise could not have been anticipated.
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