In re the Financial Responsibility for the Out-of-Home Placement Costs for S.M.

OPINION

HARTEN, Judge.*

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (MDHS) concluded that respondent Nobles County (Nobles) was financially responsible for social services provided to a child because it was the residence of the last parent with whom the child had lived. Respondent challenged that decision, and the district court concluded that appellant Brown County (Brown), the county in which the parent and the child last lived together, was financially responsible for the child’s social services. Because we see no error of law in the district court’s decision, we affirm.

FACTS

S.M. was born in…