Supreme Court of Florida
J.a.b. v. State of Florida
January 7, 201035 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 5
Summary
The Court approved the Second District’s decision permitting a trial court to set a restitution payment schedule for an unemployed juvenile based on expected future earnings, without conditioning payments on obtaining employment. It held that the governing juvenile restitution statutes allow a commencement date certain so long as the amount and schedule are reasonable in light of what the juvenile and parent could reasonably be expected to pay or make. The Court disapproved the conflicting rule requiring payments to begin only after employment is obtained.