{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-24-140","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-24-140","heading":"Determination after presentation of evidence.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 24 Commitment of Children in Need of Mental Health Treatment"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c024.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:31:34Z","sha256":"9384578d561be6f705dd9d85f4fc08db0757cc221ad7576b64c7e8d3cfeb86ad","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-24-130","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-24-150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}