NM Courts Uphold Home Mortgage Re-Fi Practices

A significant part of my mediation practice nowadays involves foreclosure mediation.  As I've written elsewhere, some courts on the East and West coasts have taken mortgage lenders to task in recent years.  In New Mexico, however, much of the debate about mortgage lending and foreclosure practices has been largely limited to op-ed pieces until now.  Finally, New Mexico courts have weighed in on lending practices at least, in a decision that clarifies the issues but may not bode well for home-owners.

The Inside Scoop on CYFD and Abuse/Neglect, Part II

In addition to my labor and employment mediation/arbitration work, I am also a New Mexico domestic relations mediator and child protection worker (CASA and GAL), In a previous blog, I outlined the general process by which children believed to be abused or neglected are brought into and processed through "the system."  In this follow up blog, I'll address specific details that crop up between intake and placement.