If, after a hearing on any petition in the case of a wayward or delinquent child under this chapter, the court finds that there is not sufficient evidence to support it, the court shall adjudge the child to be not a delinquent or wayward child, as the case may be, and shall discharge the child.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-38
Insufficient evidence of waywardness or delinquency
Known as the Family Court Act
The act spans §§ 14-1-1 to 14-1-9 (95 sections).
P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-38.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.