Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc

April 2, 1998

Effective January 1, 1999

In re:

Correction of subdivision a. (7) of subdivision 119.02, entitled “Order of Proceedings,” of Supreme Court Rule 119, entitled “Hearing on Petition.”

ORDER

Whereas, during the preparation of an order dated December 9, 1997, in part amending Supreme Court Rule 119.02, which order is included in volume 954-955 South Western Reporter, Second, Missouri Cases series, at page LXV, an intersectional reference inadvertently was not changed in Rule 119.02.a.(7) to reflect the rules amended by the order:

1. It is ordered that effective January 1, 1999, subdivision 119.02.a.(7) of Supreme Court Rule 119 be and it is hereby corrected to read as follows:

(7) Seventh, when the evidence has been received upon the allegations of the petition, the court shall determine whether the allegations of the petition have been established in accordance with the appropriate standard of proof.

(A) If the allegations of the petition have not been so established, the court shall enter a judgment dismissing the petition.

(B) If the allegations have been established, the court shall make a finding upon which it exercises its jurisdiction over the juvenile.

2. It is ordered that this order be published in the South Western Reporter and that notice of this order be published in the Journal of The Missouri Bar.

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DUANE BENTON
Chief Justice