E.D.B. v. State

The issue we consider is whether a trial court can retain jurisdiction over a juvenile beyond his nineteenth birthday to compel the payment of assessed costs. We conclude it cannot and reverse.

E.D.B. appeals the trial court’s entry of two orders on February 6, 2008, following a hearing on a take-into-custody order. One order related to E.D.B.’s juvenile case in 06-CJ-0001189, while the other order related to his juvenile case in 05-CJ-0004348. Both orders required E.D.B. to pay $30 per month toward the costs previously assessed in each case. Further, both orders extended the trial court’s…