People ex rel. D.L.C.

          El Paso County District Court No. 16JD742. Honorable G. David Miller, Judge.

         COUNSEL:

         Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, Kevin E. McReynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellee.

          Amy D. Trenary, Alternate Defense Counsel, Broomfield, Colorado, for Juvenile-Appellant.

         HAWTHORNE. JUDGE Taubman and Grove, JJ., concur.

          OPINION

          HAWTHORNE, Judge.

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         [¶ 1] Under the juvenile restitution statute, may a juvenile court suspend accrual of postjudgment interest on restitution for a juvenile while he is committed to the Division of Youth Services (DYS)? We answer " no" and affirm the district court's order denying D.L.C.'s motion to suspend postjudgment interest.

          I. Factual Background and Procedural History

          [¶2] D.L.C. pleaded guilty to aggravated motor vehicle theft. He also agreed to pay restitution. The juvenile court magistrate sentenced D.L.C. to probation and granted the People's restitution request, ordering D.L.C. to pay $59,417.07^[1] in restitution.

          [¶3] Later, the magistrate revoked D.L.C.'s probation after he pleaded guilty to committing other offenses in a different case (17JD487) and committed D.L.C. to DYS.^[2] The magistrate ordered D.L.C. to pay restitution in this case and also made it a condition of his parole in case 17JD487 after his commitment to DYS.

          [¶4] D.L.C. filed a motion asking the magistrate to suspend postjudgment interest on restitution in this case and case 17JD487 while he is committed to DYS. After the magistrate denied the motion, D.L.C. asked the district court to review the magistrate's order. The district court upheld the magistrate's order, finding that it didn't have authority to suspend postjudgment interest under the statutory scheme or case law.

          II. Postjudgment Restitution Interest Can't Be Suspended for a Juvenile Under the Adult Restitution Statute

          [¶5] D.L.C. contends that the district court erred in refusing to suspend accrual of postjudgment interest on his restitution obligation while he is committed to DYS because section 19-2-918(2), C.R.S. 2018, authorizes such suspension " to ensure that ...