In Re the Welfare of T.L.L.

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Hennepin County appeals from a disposition of the Juvenile Court ordering it to pay various treatment costs. It claims, inter alia, that the court did not possess subject matter jurisdiction to enter the order because the child is not in need of protection or services as a matter of law. We agree and reverse.

FACTS

T.L.L. was born on February 6, 1986. In September of that year, her father was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murdering the best friend of the child’s mother. He is currently serving that sentence in the St. Cloud reformatory. Since his incarceration, he…