Department of Mental Health v. County of Madison

In the instant action the Department of Mental Health and Development Disabilities, the Department, appeals from the entry of judgment of the circuit court of Madison County requiring the Department to pay the expenses of treatment and care for William Peak, a minor committed by the court to a private psychiatric Children’s Hospital, the Nachusa Lutheran Home for Children located at Nachusa, Illinois.

The factual background of the dispute follows. On March 10, 1976, a petition was filed in the Madison County circuit court pursuant to section 2 — 4 of the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.…