Disability not to be used for restitution

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uthorities can't tap an Upper Peninsula woman's disability payments to pay off the crime of her minor son.
 
The Michigan appeals court says Diana Alexandroni's benefits are protected under federal law.  In 2007, a Gogebic County judge made her responsible for $28,000 in restitution related to an arson committed by her son.