Ottawa County v. Family Independence Agency

Flaintiffs appeal as of right a trial court order granting summary disposition to defendant Family Independence Agency, now the Department of Human Services. We affirm.

*498INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are eleven Michigan counties that seek reimbursement from defendant for fifty percent of the costs they incurred in building, equipping, and improving juvenile detention facilities. According to plaintiffs, these costs might include anything from installing new computers and purchasing new software to constructing a large detention complex from the ground up. The parties agree that defendant currently…