NRS432.085. Liability of parents for maintenance and special services provided to child placed in custody of agency which provides child welfare services; enforcement.

      1.  The parents of a child placed in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services pursuant to the provisions of NRS 62A.380 or 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, or chapter 432B of NRS are liable to the agency which provides child welfare services for the cost of maintenance and special services provided to the child.

      2.  The Division shall establish by regulation reasonable schedules for the repayment of money owed by parents pursuant to subsection 1.

      3.  An agency which provides child welfare services may waive all or any part of the amount due pursuant to this section if it determines that the parents of the child do not have the ability to pay the amount.

      4.  If a parent refuses to pay an agency which provides child welfare services for money owed under this section, the agency which provides child welfare services may bring a civil action to recover all money owed with interest thereon at the rate of 7 percent per year commencing 30 days after an itemized statement of the amount owed is submitted to the parents.

      5.  All money collected pursuant to this section must be deposited:

      (a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, with the State Treasurer for credit to the State Child Welfare Services Account.

      (b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, with the county treasurer for credit to a fund or account established by the board of county commissioners.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1156; A 1993, 2703; 2001 Special Session, 33; 2003, 1148)