Legal Opinion

In the Interest of J.J.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 26, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the Order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which extended the duration of a consent decree ordering Appellant J.J., a juvenile, to pay restitution. Herein, J.J. argues that the lower court had no authority under the Juvenile Act1 to order restitution without first adjudicating J.J. delinquent following a hearing. We find that the Act does not prohibit restitution as a term of a consent decree voluntarily entered between a juvenile and the Commonwealth, but we nevertheless vacate and remand for a proper determination of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WexlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. In the Interest of DublinskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. In the Interest of BosketSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In the Interest of R.D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Commonwealth v. B.D.G.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. In re B.T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. In the Interest of J.E.D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. In the Interest of J.G.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012

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