Ex Parte Department of Mental Health

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• issuing a writ of mandamus to reverse an order directing the department to pay for the care and treatment of a juvenile because the county, not a state agency, is \responsible for any monies\ and, thus, the order violated the statutory scheme and \the doctrine of separation of powers\
• juvenile court had no authority to commit a child to the custody of the Department and thereafter to place the child in a private psychiatric facility and order the Department to pay all costs of care and treatment
• juvenile court had no authority to commit a child to the custody of the Department and thereafter to place the child in a private psychiatric facility and order the Department to pay all costs of care and treatment
• “[C]oncurrent jurisdiction does not mean co-equal jurisdiction.”

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