1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to counties; providing for the costs of
1.3 	certain actions relating to children; proposing coding
1.4 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 393.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [393.15] CHILDREN; COSTS OF INAPPROPRIATE
1.7 	REMOVAL.
1.8 	If a county, through its local social services agency or
1.9 	other county authority, removes a child from its parental home
1.10 	and the removal is found by the district court to be
1.11 	inappropriate, after a hearing where the county, the parents,
1.12 	other interested parties, and witnesses may be heard, the county
1.13 	shall be liable for all costs related to the removal, including
1.14 	the attorney fees and other legal costs of the parents and the
1.15 	costs of care for the child while in county control during the
1.16 	period of removal.