In re X.F.

X.F., a juvenile, appeals the Family Court’s determination of the amount that he and his mother were ordered to pay as restitution for damage he caused to a car he had stolen and wrecked. Because the trial court did not correctly apply the relevant statute in determining the restitution amount, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.1

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X.F., then seventeen years old, stole a car, fled from police, and hit two other cars with the stolen car, damaging all three. The following day, a petition was filed in the Family Court charging X.F. with several violations of law. That day, the Family…