Carrasco v. State

OPINION

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 The trial court awarded summary judgment in favor of appellees State of Arizona and Child Protective Services (CPS) in a wrongful death action brought by appellant Theresa Carrasco, personal representative of decedent Sky Andres Carrasco. Theresa argues the trial court erred in finding that because Sky’s mother, a statutory beneficiary under A.R.S. § 12-612(A), survived him, Theresa was not authorized to recover on behalf of Sky’s estate. Because we agree with the trial court that the estate is not an authorized beneficiary, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 In…