Juvenile Adjudication Restitution Can Be Discharged in BR

In Re Sweeney, 2007 WL 991069 (7/11/07)(Published) - Restitution imposed as the result of a juvenile adjudication can be discharged in bankruptcy. Bankruptcy law exempts from discharge restitution "included in a sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime." A juvenile adjudication is an adjudication of status, not a conviction for a crime, under federal law.