CECILIA A. v. DEPT. OF ECONOMIC SEC.

No. 1 CA-JV 11-0167.

274 P.3d 1220 (2012)

CECILIA A., Appellant, v. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, A.G., Appellees.

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

April 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Stavris Law Firm, PLLC by Alison Stavris , Scottsdale, Attorney for Appellant.

Thomas C. Horne , Attorney General by Jamie R. Katelman , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee, Arizona Department of Economic Security.

Burguan Clarke Law Office, PLLC by Jessica J. Burguan , Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee, A.G.


OPINION

TIMMER, Judge.

¶ 1 We are asked to decide whether the juvenile court violates a mentally impaired parent's due process rights when it fails to suspend a parental severance hearing until the parent can regain the ability to meaningfully participate in the proceedings and assist counsel. In deciding this issue, we must also determine a guardian ad litem's authority to act for a parent in severance proceedings. For the reasons that follow, we affirm...

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