A family lawsuit filed this week in Santa Fe claims a New Mexico child welfare investigator crossed state lines and ethical boundaries to seize an infant who was living in Texas, according to court papers. The complaint says the investigator traveled to El Paso in February 2025, took custody of the girl and brought her into New Mexico, where she stayed in state care for weeks before a court dismissed the state’s custody claim and returned the child to her father. The suit names investigator Jacob Torres and the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department as defendants.
As reported by the Santa Fe New Mexican, the plaintiffs, identified as Hope Waggoner and Jamie Torres, filed their state court complaint in Santa Fe on April 3. The filing lays out the…..