As a guardian ad litem (GAL) and domestic relations mediator in New Mexico, I take special interest in unusual court cases involving children. In State v. Myers, 2011-NMSC-028, the New Mexico Supreme Court rejected the Court of Appeals' chastisement, and concluded that the Sexual Exploitation of Children Act, NMSA §§ 30-6A-1 et seq. applies to taking covert pictures of the genitals of female minors' while they used the restroom.
In what was an unusual twist, the Court of Appeals, on remand, had concluded that the State Supreme Court had impermissibly expanded the scope of the Act. Specifically, it
