In re Parks

Respondent, aged nine, is charged with being a juvenile delinquent in a petition upon information and belief, subscribed and verified by a Deputy Sheriff and supported by a question and answer statement of the seven-year-old complaining witness, signed by her and her mother, and sworn to before a notary public, who is also the Undersheriff. It is alleged that the respondent committed an assault in the third degree, with intent to cause physical injury, by kicking the complaining witness in the stomach and causing physical injury to her. A hearing was held at which the respondent was…