State v. Garza

OPINION

The question presented is whether the 1979 amendment to A.R.S. § 8-236 is constitutionally valid insofar as it makes the appeals provisions of the Rules of Procedure for Juvenile Court applicable to appeals from parental termination proceedings 1 or whether it is an unlawful legislative encroachment upon the Arizona Supreme Court's rulemaking authority provided in Ariz.Const. art. VI, § 5, par. 5. 2 The issue was first brought to this court’s attention by appellee’s motion to dismiss appeal. After the parties were given the opportunity to file supplemental memoranda, the issue was…