NRS62B.140. Expenses related to commitment of child to regional facility for detention of children: Payment by county; reimbursement by parent or guardian of child.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a child is committed to the custody of a regional facility for the detention of children, the juvenile court may order the county where the child has a legal residence to pay the expenses incurred for the support of the child in an amount equal to any money paid for that purpose by the Division of Child and Family Services. Such an order may not be entered if the county maintains the facility to which the child is committed.

      2.  The juvenile court may order the parent or guardian of the child to reimburse the county, in whole or in part, for any money expended by the county for the support of the child.

      3.  This section does not prohibit the juvenile court from providing for the support of the child in any other manner authorized by law.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1087)