DEPT. OF ECONOMIC SEC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 1 CA-SA 94-0033.

178 Ariz. 236 (1994)

871 P.2d 1172

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, the Honorable Laura Estay, a judge thereof, Respondent Judge, and BABY BOY T, I; Baby Boy T, II; Baby Boy B; Baby Boy C; and attorney Paul Theut, Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department E.

April 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, Arizona Atty. Gen. by Aimee L. Burr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Theut, Theut & Theut, P.C. by Paul J. Theut and Brian J. Theut, Phoenix, for real parties in interest.


OPINION

NOYES, Judge.

Arizona Department of Economic Security ("DES") filed this special action to obtain a declaration that the juvenile court cannot order DES substituted as the petitioner in a dependency action filed by a private party, even when DES recommends that the court find the children dependent. We accept jurisdiction because the issue is important to the effective administration of justice in the juvenile court and because the parties have no...

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