Cite as: 10 CNCA § 1114

A. If the Court finds that the allegations of the petition are supported by the evidence, and that it is in the best interest of the child and the public that he be made a ward of the Court, the Court shall sustain the petition, and shall make an order of adjudication, setting forth whether the child is delinquent, or in need of supervision or deprived and shall adjudge the child as a ward of the Court.

B. If the Court finds the allegations on a petition alleging a child to be a child in need of treatment are supported by clear and convincing evidence, including but not limited to the evidence of a mental health examination of the child by an qualified mental health professional pursuant to the provisions of 10 CNCA § 1105, and that it is in the best interest of the child that he be made a ward of the Court, the Court shall sustain the petition and shall make an order of adjudication. If warranted by the facts in the case, an order of adjudication finding a child to be a child in need of treatment shall not serve to preclude a subsequent order of adjudication finding a child to be delinquent, in need of supervision or deprived or to vacate any such order of adjudication previously entered.