Vanderheiden v. SUPERIOR COURT MARICOPA

OPINION

CONTRERAS, Judge.

This is a special action to review the trial court’s order directing the Maricopa County Public Fiduciary (“Public Fiduciary”) to file a petition for guardianship over a criminal defendant and to seek certain services on the defendant’s behalf. It is a non-appealable order and presents a question of state-wide importance that is likely to recur. We issued an order accepting jurisdiction, and this opinion explains that order.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The State charged Ardrey Leo McFarland II (“defendant”) with two felony counts and one misdemeanor count of public…