In Re Arnold M.

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case presents a narrow question of statutory interpretation, namely, whether Maryland Code (1980, 1983 Cum.Supp.), § 3-829 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, authorizes a juvenile court to order the State to pay restitution to a victim of a delinquent act committed by a juvenile while in the lawful custody of the State. In pertinent part, § 3-829 provides that the court may

“enter a judgment of restitution against the parent of a child, or the child in any case in which the court finds a child has committed a delinquent act . . . . ” (Emphasis supplied.)(1)