Commonwealth v. S.K.

Opinion of the court by

Justice SCHRODER.

The issue in this case is whether a juvenile court retains jurisdiction over an adult to enforce a restitution order entered by the juvenile court after that person turned eighteen. We opine that KRS *487600.060 authorizes the use of contempt powers to enforce such restitution orders. Therefore, we reverse the Court of Appeals decision and remand back to the juvenile court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

This appeal involves three consolidated cases from the Daviess District Court (juvenile session). S.K., B.D.T., and M.M.F., were each…