211.188. Court may order work for restitution--not an employee. - Missouri Statutes

Court may order work for restitution--not an employee.

211.188. 1. The court may order a child, who has been adjudicatedfor a nonviolent crime and who is age fourteen or older, to work for anyemployer at a rate of compensation not to exceed minimum wage, for a periodof time necessary to make such restitution for the damage or loss caused byhis offense.

2. A child, age fourteen or older, who is ordered by the juvenilecourt to make restitution for the damage or loss caused by his offensepursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall not be considered anemployee as defined in section 290.500, RSMo.

(L. 1996 H.B. 1301 & 1298 § 11)