IN RE S.R.


920 A.2d 1262 (2007)

In the Interest of S.R., Appeal of S.R.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marissa Bluestine, Public Defender, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Michael Erlich, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, Com., Participating Party.

BEFORE: JOYCE, KLEIN, JJ., and McEWEN, P.J.E.


OPINION BY KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 S.R., then sixteen years old, appeals from the disposition following an adjudication of delinquency on the charges of aggravated indecent assault and related offenses for allegedly molesting his four-year-old niece, L.K. We conclude L.K.'s statements to her mother were non-testimonial and therefore properly admitted under the Tender Years Statute. However, because we conclude that L.K.'s statements from her interview with a forensic...

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