STATE EX REL. PALMER v. CASS COUNTY

No. 93-1498.

522 N.W.2d 615 (1994)

STATE of Iowa ex rel. Charles M. PALMER, Director of the Iowa Department of Human Services, Appellant, v. CASS COUNTY and Cass County Board of Supervisors, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., John M. Parmeter, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Ramsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

James P. Barry, County Atty., for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

This appeal involves a dispute between the State of Iowa and Cass County over which governmental entity is responsible for the costs associated with the care of a mentally retarded person. The district court held that the State is liable to pay for the care of the individual and that the State must reimburse the County for amounts the County previously expended on services for the individual. We affirm.

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