CITY & CTY. OF DENVER v. Brockhurst Boys Ranch

Petitioners, City and County of Denver and its Department of Social Services, seek relief from orders of the Denver Juvenile Court requiring payment of the costs of the care, support and maintenance of a minor child found to be a child in need of supervision under the Colorado Children’s Code. The child involved was put in the legal custody of the Denver Department of Social Services, which then placed it with the Brockhurst Boys Ranch at Colorado Springs. Section 19-3-112(1)(d), C.R.S. 1973.

Petitioners challenged the authority of the juvenile court to enter the custodial order and, also, the…