There is no way to determine if a minor is mature or immature or the term minor would not be issued to teenagers. Characteristics of a teenager or tests to determine maturity do not classify if a minor is a “mature minor”. A minor becomes a mature adult as one experiences life and lives through moments to learn from. Cassandra, a seventeen-year old girl, barely understood the reasoning for her chemotherapy and did not come from a healthy household. Her father played no role in her life and her mother rejected the idea of her daughter having Hodgkin’s