Questão jurídica principal
Whether the mother had standing to challenge the discontinuance under the victim assistance rules.
Decisão extraída
She could invoke procedural rights, but only if she had independent civil claims against the alleged offender; otherwise no standing to seek review of the discontinuance.
Fundamentação extraída
The child was a victim, and parents may be treated like victims for procedural rights only insofar as they have civil claims against the perpetrator. The mother was therefore entitled to complain of denial of participation rights, but the decisive question was whether she had her own civil claims.