JV-132324 v. Superior Court

OPINION

TOCI, Judge.

Two juveniles seek special action relief from a juvenile court commissioner’s denial of their request for a change of commissioner. 1 Each juvenile’s notice of change of commissioner, filed at each juvenile’s first appearance in court at an advisory hearing, was denied by the commissioner as untimely.

Because untimeliness cannot bar the juveniles’ right to a change of commissioner unless they had the opportunity to exercise that right, we are presented with the following issue: when did the juveniles first have the opportunity to exercise their right to a change of…