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Opinion No. 33-666

Collection Attorney General Opinions and Advisory Letters
Date 10/11/1933
File Number 1933 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 33-666

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Opinion No. 33-666

October 11, 1933

BY: E. K. NEUMANN, Attorney General

TO: Florence Perkinson, Superintendent Girls' Welfare Home, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

{*83} In your letter of September 30, 1933 you ask whether or not a girl who has been married and divorced or one who is married and not divorced may be sent to the Girls' Welfare Home, provided she otherwise is liable to be sent to that institution.

Section 61-103 of the 1929 Code provides the circumstances under which a girl may be committed to the Girls' Welfare Board as a ward of the court and does not make any exception of girls who are married. It simply mentions girls under the age of 18 years, etc. Consequently, it is my opinion that it makes no {*84} difference in the cases you mention whether the girl is married or not.

By: QUINCY D. ADAMS,

Asst. Attorney General

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.