In Interest of Bs: State v. Bs

B.S., a delinquent child, appeals from that part of a dispositional order requiring him to pay restitution in the amount of $20.00 for lost wages incurred by his victim who missed work to testify at B.S.’s restitution hearing. 1 The issue is whether the trial court erred in ordering restitution under sec. 48.34(5), Stats. (1983-84) 2 for the victim’s lost wages.

B.S. argues that lost wages are not an allowable item of restitution under sec. 48.34(5), Stats., and that the court lacked authority to order such restitution. Because we conclude that the statute does not permit restitution for lost…