HB 5933 Summary

• Amends Michigan's Probate Code sections 29-31 governing juvenile restitution to align with crime victim's rights act changes and expand restitution scope to cover the juvenile's entire "course of conduct" rather than individual offenses.

• Requires courts to order juveniles to make full restitution to victims for damages including property repair/replacement, medical and psychological treatment, lost income, funeral costs, and family care expenses resulting from the juvenile's course of conduct.

• Allocates collected money from juveniles 50% to victim payments first, then remaining balance to fines, costs, and assessments; establishes priority order for non-victim payments based on offense type.

• Adds enforcement mechanisms including wage assignment for employed juveniles after 2 missed payments, bi-annual case reviews, and requirements for probation officers to file violation reports when restitution is not paid as ordered.

• Prohibits detention of juveniles solely for restitution nonpayment unless court finds they have resources to pay and failed to make good-faith effort; allows courts to order parents to pay outstanding restitution if juvenile cannot, subject to manifest hardship exceptions.