2007 Minnesota Statutes

260.55 EXPENSE OF RETURNING JUVENILES TO STATE, PAYMENT.
The expense of returning juveniles to this state pursuant to the Interstate Compact on
Juveniles shall be paid as follows:
(1) In the case of a runaway under Article IV, the court making the requisition shall inquire
summarily regarding the financial ability of the petitioner to bear the expense and if it finds the
petitioner is able to do so, shall order that the petitioner pay all such expenses; otherwise the
court shall arrange for the transportation at the expense of the county and order that the county
reimburse the person, if any, who returns the juvenile, for actual and necessary expenses; and
the court may order that the petitioner reimburse the county for so much of said expense as the
court finds the petitioner is able to pay. If the petitioner fails, without good cause, or refuses to pay
such sum, the petitioner may be proceeded against for contempt.
(2) In the case of an escapee or absconder under Article V or Article VI, if the juvenile is in
the legal custody of the commissioner of corrections the commissioner shall bear the expense of
the juvenile's return; otherwise the appropriate court shall, on petition of the person or agency
entitled to the juvenile's custody or charged with the juvenile's supervision, arrange for the
transportation at the expense of the county and order that the county reimburse the person, if any,
who returns the juvenile, for actual and necessary expenses. In this subsection "appropriate
court" means the juvenile court which adjudged the juvenile to be delinquent or, if the juvenile is
under supervision for another state under Article VII of the compact, then the juvenile court of
the county of the juvenile's residence during such supervision.
(3) In the case of a voluntary return of a runaway without requisition under Article VI, the
person entitled to the juvenile's legal custody shall pay the expense of transportation and the actual
and necessary expenses of the person, if any, who returns such juvenile; but if financially unable
to pay all the expenses the person may petition the juvenile court of the county of the petitioner's
residence for an order arranging for the transportation as provided in paragraph (1). The court
shall inquire summarily into the financial ability of the petitioner and, if it finds the petitioner
is unable to bear any or all of the expense, the court shall arrange for such transportation at the
expense of the county and shall order the county to reimburse the person, if any, who returns the
juvenile, for actual and necessary expenses. The court may order that the petitioner reimburse the
county for so much of said expense as the court finds the petitioner is able to pay. A petitioner
who fails, without good cause, or refuses to pay such sum may be proceeded against for contempt.
History: 1957 c 892 s 5; 1974 c 125 s 2; 1986 c 444