Matter of Anonymous

RUSSELL, Judge.

This appeal involves the denial of a waiver of consent for an abortion by an un-emancipated minor who was five and one-half weeks pregnant at the time of the hearing.

The minor filed her petition on December 18, 1992, seeking a waiver of consent and requesting appointment of counsel. The matter was heard on December 22, 1992. The trial court denied the minor’s petition, finding that the minor was “not mature and well enough informed to make the abortion decision without parental involvement,” and that the performance of an abortion on the minor was not in her best interests. The…