In re H.T., 2025 Cal. App. LEXIS 703 (Ca. Ct. App. 2025)

The Third District Court of Appeal in California held that the plain language of California’s state statute authorized the juvenile court to order the County to pay for a young person’s housing. The court explained in relevant part:

“As evidenced by both the plain language and the history of section 900, subdivision (b), the Legislature has authorized juvenile courts to order counties to pay for housing for wards of the court when necessary. Thus, the juvenile court erred when it concluded it had no ‘further authority to direct the county or the probation department to use … resources to address the housing needs of [H.T.].'”