Title 14 · RI

Title 14Delinquent and Dependent Children

Citation: R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-38

Section: 14-1-38

Title 14Delinquent and Dependent Children

Chapter 1Proceedings in Family Court

R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-38

§ 14-1-38. Insufficient evidence of waywardness or delinquency.

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.

History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 14-1-38.