In re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JV131701

OPINION

NOYES, Judge.

The juvenile Appellant was adjudicated delinquent based on her admission to a charge of attempted theft of an automobile. As part of the disposition, she was ordered to pay *482$955.29 in restitution. The juvenile’s main claim on appeal is that the victim should not have been allowed to testify by telephone at the restitution hearing. We agree. Because we conclude that the juvenile court lacks authority to permit telephonic testimony in delinquency eases, we reverse the restitution order and remand for a new restitution hearing.

The plea agreement provided that the juvenile…