§ 118-c. Family court cases; state charges. In the event a child who is residing on any Native American reservation within the state is committed or placed by a court of competent jurisdiction as a delinquent, abused, neglected, or abandoned child, or person in need of supervision, or upon any ground specified in section three hundred eighty-four-b of this chapter, the state, shall reimburse the social services district from which the child was committed for the full cost of care and maintenance of the child.

Terms Used In N.Y. Social Services Law 118-C

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.