In Re Ryan S.

I join the judgment of the Court and join in Part III C of the majority opinion insofar as it reverses the judgment of the District Court, sitting as a Juvenile Court in Montgomery County, on the grounds that the court erred in ordering petitioner and his mother to pay restitution to Kaiser Perma-nente, the medical insurer in this case. I agree that Maryland Code § 3-829 (1996, 1998 RepLVol., 2001 Supp.) of the Courts and Judicial Proceeding Article does not permit a court to award an insurer restitution when the insurer did not directly compensate the victim. Unlike the majority, however, I…