History: 1999 c 139 art 3 s 35
COSTS AND EXPENSES

260C.331 COSTS OF CARE.
Subdivision 1. Care, examination, or treatment. (a) Except where parental rights are
terminated,
(1) whenever legal custody of a child is transferred by the court to a responsible social
services agency,
(2) whenever legal custody is transferred to a person other than the responsible social
services agency, but under the supervision of the responsible social services agency, or
(3) whenever a child is given physical or mental examinations or treatment under order of
the court, and no provision is otherwise made by law for payment for the care, examination, or
treatment of the child, these costs are a charge upon the welfare funds of the county in which
proceedings are held upon certification of the judge of juvenile court.
(b) The court shall order, and the responsible social services agency shall require, the
parents or custodian of a child, while the child is under the age of 18, to use the total income
and resources attributable to the child for the period of care, examination, or treatment, except
for clothing and personal needs allowance as provided in section 256B.35, to reimburse the
county for the cost of care, examination, or treatment. Income and resources attributable to the
child include, but are not limited to, Social Security benefits, supplemental security income
(SSI), veterans benefits, railroad retirement benefits and child support. When the child is over
the age of 18, and continues to receive care, examination, or treatment, the court shall order, and
the responsible social services agency shall require, reimbursement from the child for the cost
of care, examination, or treatment from the income and resources attributable to the child less
the clothing and personal needs allowance.