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To: Luis Gonzalez
What exactly did they base their decision on the maturity of the girl?
Maturity was not a factor in the decision before the Court.

From the Opinion:

B. Maturity

Doe does not have the burden of proving in this Court that she is mature. That is because, as we explain below, a minor such as Doe, who is appealing the denial of her application under the first prong of the statute, only needs to conclusively refute the trial court's actual findings. Because the trial court found as fact that Doe was not sufficiently well informed, for us to grant her application the record must establish the converse as a matter of law. But the trial court's failure to find that Doe was not mature does not require her to conclusively establish her maturity to prevail on appeal. This distinction is, perhaps, unique to proceedings under this statute, but the statutory scheme in place requires it, as well as the Parental Notification Rules this Court adopted under the statute.


420 posted on 11/12/2004 5:10:56 PM PST by deport (I've done a lot things.... seen a lot of things..... Most of which I don't remember.)
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To: deport

There are four separate cases here, which one are you quoting?

I addressed the one quoted in the post I was responding to.


422 posted on 11/12/2004 5:13:21 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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