I think it'll all depend on what county your in, and what judge you draw, some people I know son caught a house on fire playing with fireworks when he was 12, he got 3 years probation, and since the other kid that was with him mom was unable to pay, they ended up having to pay for everything, property damage, court cost, lawyer, court ordered counciling and to some kinda victims compinsation fund, other kid got 5 yrs probation,
same thing for a couple of dudes I know, they got caught stealing a car and joy riding in high school, the one with a job had to pay out the ass(about 10k), the other just got probation, the cost is always going to go to the one with the most resources, the victim always wants their compinsation at one time, and if it isn't a excessive amount then the court will assign it to the one with the most available resources and let them hash it out with the other offender for repayment.
its a shitty deal, but thats how I've seen it work in clev. co.