The juvenile court shall be a court of record with such powers as are inherent in constitutionally created courts and with such legal and equitable powers to effectuate its jurisdiction and carry out its orders, judgments, and decrees as are possessed by the district courts.
Source: L. 64: p. 437, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-19-2.
ANNOTATION
Jurisdiction to enter money judgment against Denver department of social services. It is within the jurisdiction of the Denver juvenile court to enter a money judgment against the Denver department of social services to require payment for the costs of the care and maintenance of a minor found to be a child in need of supervision. City & County of Denver v. Brockhurst Boys Ranch, Inc., 195 Colo. 22, 575 P.2d 843 (1978).
Enforcement of a money judgment against the Denver department of social services for payments that should have gone to party is within the juvenile court's jurisdiction. People in Interest of D.C., 797 P.2d 840 (Colo. App. 1990).
Applied in People in Interest of R.J.G., 38 Colo. App. 148, 557 P.2d 1214 (1976).