Sustaining the Petition | Definition

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Course: Introduction / Juvenile Justice

Sustaining the petition is a finding by a juvenile judge that the allegations against a juvenile are true; The juvenile court analog of a guilty verdict in adult court.


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Last Modified: 07/29/2021

 

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