In re Laurie B.

The Rochester District Court (Cooper, J.) on November 12, 1980, placed Laurie B. in the Rivendell School in Loudon as a neglected child under RSA 169-C:19 (Supp. 1979). At the same time, the court ordered the City of Rochester to pay for the cost of the placement and Laurie’s father, Edward B., to reimburse *786the city for the cost. See RSA 169-C:27, I (Supp. 1979) (current version at RSA 169-C:27, I (Supp. 1983)). Laurie and Edward B. later moved in district court to terminate Edward B.’s financial liability on the basis that Laurie ought to have been placed as an educationally handicapped…