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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-24-140

Determination after presentation of evidence

1991 Act No. 88, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 30, SECTION 8.

(A) If the court finds, after presentation of all the evidence, that the child is not in need of judicial admission, the court shall order that he must be discharged if he has been hospitalized before the hearing.

(B) If upon completion of the hearing and consideration of the record the court finds upon clear and convincing evidence that the child is in need of judicial admission, the court may order treatment in the Office of Mental Health or at another program or facility that agrees to accept the child.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.