Strout v. State

Holly Strout appeals from a $51,906.49 restitution order entered in a criminal case following hér plea to a charge of removing or concealing a minor (her daughter) in violation of a court order. Other related charges were dropped in connection with the plea agreement. The charges arose after Strout absconded to Germany with her four-year-old son and ten-month-old daughter in November of 1999, during the pendency of paternity and dependency *1054proceedings in Orange County. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Prior to Strout leaving with the children, there had been temporary custody orders in…