Matter of Walker

MARTIN, Judge.

Each respondent contends on appeal that the trial court erred by failing to state affirmatively, in the juvenile adjudication orders, that the allegations of the juvenile petitions had been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. As to each respondent, the court made a similar finding of fact: “[T]he Court after hearing all the evidence finds the allegations to be true.” The State concedes that the court’s failure to state the standard of proof used in making the determinations of delinquency constitutes reversible error and we agree. G.S. 7A-635 requires that the allegations of a…