Matter of LJ

546 A.2d 429 (1988)

In the Matter of L.J., Appellant.

No. 88-151.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Submitted July 19, 1988.

Decided August 18, 1988.

Richard Goemann, appointed by the court, and Shari D. Leventhal, Law Student, were on the brief, for appellant.

Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Mary L. Wilson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Respondent L.J. was fifteen and a half years old in mid-June 1987 when,…