State Department of Social Services v. Arapahoe County Department of Social Services

ENOCH, Chief Judge.

The State Department of Social Services (the State Department) seeks to reverse the trial court’s order requiring it to fund the out-of-state placement of T. W., a juvenile adjudicated neglected, dependent, and delinquent. We affirm.

T. W. has been involved in a long history of foster placement, having been placed in approximately 20 different foster settings. In each case he ran away from that placement to return to live with his mother. When he was again placed at home, he set fire to the family’s apartment. This led to T. W.’s adjudication as a delinquent.

Following the…