In Re LL

974 A.2d 859 (2009)

In re L.L., Appellant.

No. 06-FS-547.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued January 29, 2009.

Decided July 2, 2009.

Alice Wang, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Janice Y. Sheppard, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Deputy Attorney General, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before GLICKMAN and FISHER, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.

FISHER, Associate Judge:

Appell…