1338                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                               Ch. 409

(House Bill 639)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Causes - Liability for Acts of Juveniles

FOR the purpose of providing that if a juvenile court finds
that a juvenile has committed a delinquent act and has
caused personal injury or property damage, the juvenile
court may order restitution to be paid by the parents
or the juvenile without regard to the willfulness or
maliciousness of the act; and making technical
corrections.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-829

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-829.

(a) [In any case in which the court finds that a child
has, wilfully or maliciously, either (i) stolen, damaged, or
destroyed the property of another, or (ii) inflicted
personal injury on another, requiring the injured person to
incur medical, dental or hospital expenses, the court may
enter a judgment of restitution to the wronged person
against the parent or parents of the child.] 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 AND DURING THE
COMMISSION OF THAT DELINQUENT ACT HAS:

(1)  STOLEN, DAMAGED, OR DESTROYED THE PROPERTY
OF ANOTHER; OR

(2)  INFLICTED PERSONAL INJURY ON ANOTHER,
REQUIRING THE INJURED PERSON TO INCUR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR
HOSPITAL EXPENSES.

(B) CONSIDERING THE AGE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF A CHILD,
THE COURT MAY ORDER THE CHILD TO MAKE RESTITUTION TO THE
WRONGED PARTY PERSONALLY.

[(b)] (C) (1) A judgment rendered under this section
may not exceed: