In Re the Welfare of A.L.G.

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Judge.

The Ramsey County Human Services Department appeals from a juvenile court order denying its request for reimbursement from the mother of A.L.G. for costs of his care while the child is in the county’s temporary custody undergoing treatment at Boys Totem Town. The county contends that Minn.Stat. § 260.251, subd. 1 requires reimbursement in this case. We reverse.

FACTS

A.L.G. ran away from home in early 1985 when he was fourteen years old. On February 19, 1985, he broke into the house where he lived with his mother and stepfather and took a variety of items, including cash,…