State ex rel. D.R.P.

GREMILLION, Judge.

|,The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Children and Family Services (Department), appeals the trial court’s order instructing it to pay for psychological consultations with a private psychologist that does not have a contract with the state. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The facts surrounding the placement of the four children in the Department’s custody in July 2013, are not at issue. The eldest three ran away from their adoptive home and were found by police, who observed that the children had se*260vere bruising on their…