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Access to Justice: Kinship Guardianship

Access to Justice topics and resources with information provided by the Legal Services and Programs Committee of the State Bar of New Mexico.

What is Kinship Guardianship?

Las Cumbres

Las Cumbres Community Services, Inc. began in 1970 with a structured program of day habilitation services for developmentally disabled adults in Los Alamos. We added a therapeutic preschool for children in the Española Valley in 1979. Since then, we have expanded services for children, adults, and families in order to meet our state’s changing needs. Today, Las Cumbres is one of the largest social service providers in New Mexico. We offer direct services in Rio Arriba, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Taos, and Bernalillo counties, and our education, outreach, and referral activities make a strong impact throughout the state and across the country.

Advocacy Inc.

Advocacy inc. is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization with the Mission is to protect and promote the interests of at-risk children by providing low or no cost legal and support services to New Mexico families. Advocacy inc. was established in 1986 to provide quality legal representation for children—children who are victims in cases alleging abuse, neglect or abandonment. For this, Advocacy inc. recruits, trains, supports, and monitors 32 attorneys as Guardians ad Litem and Youth Attorneys who represent more than 800 children in the custody of the State of New Mexico. Through the New Mexico Guardianship Project, we provide low or no cost legal services for: Guardianship, Adoption , Information, Training and Referral.