The consent to adoption or relinquishment of parental rights required pursuant to the provisions of the Adoption Act shall not be required from:

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A. a parent whose rights with reference to the adoptee have been terminated pursuant to law;

B. a parent who has relinquished the child to an agency for an adoption;

C. a biological father of an adoptee conceived as a result of rape or incest;

D. a person who has failed to respond when given notice pursuant to the provisions of Section 32A-5-27 N.M. Stat. Ann.; or

E. an alleged father who has failed to register with the putative father registry within ten days of the child’s birth and is not otherwise the acknowledged father.