IN RE INTEREST OF TODD T.

No. S-95-354.

545 N.W.2d 711 (1996)

249 Neb. 738

In re INTEREST OF TODD T., a child under 18 years of age. STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, and Department of Social Services, Appellant, v. SAINT JOSEPH CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, Royce N. Harper, and Shawn Elliott, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

James S. Jansen, Douglas County Attorney, and John E. Huber, Omaha, for appellee State.

Lyman L. Larsen and Conal L. Hession, of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, for appellee Saint Joseph Center for Mental Health.

WHITE, C.J., and CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, LANPHIER, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, and GERRARD, JJ.


WHITE, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a dispute over a hospital bill. The Nebraska Department of Social Services (DSS) contests an order of the separate juvenile court of Douglas County, Nebraska, to pay for a preadjudication evaluation at a private hospital. Because the statutory reasons by which DSS might be held financially liable are not satisfied by the facts of this case, we reverse.

On August 29, 1994, the Douglas County Attorney filed a delinquency...

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