In re Laura P. CA1/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Minor, then a 12-year-old girl, along with two other juveniles, burglarized a residence in December 2009 and January 2010. At a citation hearing before a juvenile probation officer of the Mendocino County Probation Department on July 28, 2010, minor admitted to committing residential burglary in violation of Penal Code section 459 and agreed, in lieu of the filing of a wardship petition, to a program of supervision as

1 authorized by Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 654. The probation department imposed several conditions on minor, including paying restitution to the victim by October 2010.2 Minor (as well as the two other juveniles) apparently failed to make any restitution payments to the victim, but no steps were taken to enforce the restitution commitment for some 15 months, until the minor was again brought before the juvenile authorities for another offense. On September 16, 2011, minor was cited by the probation department for stealing several items from a department store and released to her mother.3 On October 7, 2011, the district attorney filed a wardship petition pursuant to section 602, alleging that minor committed a burglary…