In Re Leslie M.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that juvenile court “has the authority to vacate a prior order adjudicating a child to be delinquent after the successful completion of a period of probation”
• rejecting a “restrictive” reading of former Maryland Rule 916 due to the “liberal statutory construction” required by the Juvenile Causes Act
• rejecting a \restrictive\ reading of former Maryland Rule 916 due to the \liberal statutory construction\ required by the Juvenile Causes Act
• court may vacate a finding of delinquency pursuant to a Maryland code provision, Rule 916(a), which permits the court to modify or vacate its order “if the court finds that action to be in the best interest of the child or the public”
• court may vacate a finding of delinquency pursuant to a Maryland code provision, Rule 916(a), which permits the court to modify or vacate its order \if the court finds that action to be in the best interest of the child or the public\
• court may vacate a finding of delinquency pursuant to a Maryland code provision, Rule 916(a), which permits the court to modify or vacate its order “if the court finds that action to be in the best interest of the child or the public”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).