Rule 5:17-2. Finding

When court intake service determines in accordance with R. 5:15-1 that a juvenile-family crisis may exist and that appropriate community services have been exhausted, it shall file a petition with the court for hearing. The court shall review the petition and either schedule a hearing or take other appropriate action. At the hearing the court shall consider all evidence presented by any family member and by the court intake service and shall determine whether a juvenile-family crisis as defined by law exists by a preponderance of evidence. If the court finds that there is insufficient information to allow a determination, it may continue the matter and hold one or more additional hearings.