Colorado § 19-2.5-1120 - Cost of care.
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§ 19-2.5-1120. Cost of care.
(1) (a) Notwithstanding section 19-1-115 (4)(d), if a juvenile is sentenced to an out-of-home placement or is granted probation as a result of an adjudication, deferral of adjudication, or direct filing in or transfer to district court, the court may order the juvenile's parent to make payments toward the cost of care only as required pursuant to Title IV of the federal "Social Security Act".
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2021.)
(2) and (3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2021.)
Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 656, § 2, effective October 1; entire section amended, (HB 21-1315), ch. 461, p. 3115 § 24, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 19-2-114 as it existed prior to 2021.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration in HB 21-1315, see section 1 of chapter 461, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
(2) For Title IV-E of the federal "Social Security Act", see 42 U.S.C. § 670 et seq.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Parental Financial Liability for Juvenile Delinquents", see 37 Colo. Law. 49 (Nov. 2008).
Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under a former provision similar to this section.
This section, and § 19-1-115 (4)(d) can be harmonized and the court should consider both in allocating costs. People ex rel. M.L.M., 104 P.3d 324 (Colo. App. 2004).
This section gives the court flexibility in allocating the cost of a juvenile's care. If appropriate, the court may order that the juvenile, in addition to his or her parents, also make reasonable payments, after considering the factors enumerated in the statute and making allowances for any restitution ordered to the victim or victims of a crime. People ex rel. M.L.M., 104 P.3d 324 (Colo. App. 2004).
Subsection (3) expressly places the burden of providing financial information on the juvenile and his or her parents. Thus, the county department of human services was not required to present information regarding the juvenile's and his or her parents' estates to calculate the amount of payment under § 19-2-114. People ex rel. M.L.M., 104 P.3d 324 (Colo. App. 2004).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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