ID S1004

Court may order parents or legal guardians to pay reasonable sums covering support, care, and treatment costs when a juvenile offender is placed in custody other than parental care, after notice and hearing.

Assessed amounts accrue on a monthly basis during the juvenile's time in the Department of Juvenile Corrections custody and continue until release, with payment obligations continuing regardless of the offender's age.

Court may order parents or legal guardians of detained juveniles to contribute to detention costs in an amount set by the court, which has the effect of a civil judgment.

Legislature intends that foster parents or guardians receiving public assistance should not continue benefiting from those payments while the juvenile is detained; Department of Health and Welfare must promulgate implementing rules.

Child support orders must notify obligors of enforcement through income withholding and require social security numbers of both obligor and obligee, though omission does not invalidate the order.