In re B.B.P.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from an order adjudicating B.B.P. a neglected child. Appellant J.P., the child’s mother, claims that this ruling was erroneous because the District of Columbia filed its neglect petition too soon. The District argues that even if the petition was premature, the mother’s conduct between the time of the child’s birth and the neglect hearing justified the *1020court’s ultimate decision. Because we conclude that the petition was timely, we affirm.

I

The pertinent facts are not in dispute. Late in November of 1996, J.P. moved to the District of Columbia from…