Can a California county enforce this agreement?

Question

My daughter was living with her father, my son with me. We agreed he'd take care of her, I'd take care of him, neither would get support from the other. While she was with him, began getting into trouble, went to juvenile hall, etc. Once she was there and in group homes, his county began charging me for J/H bills and child support. She came to live with me, ran away, sent back to juvenile hall in his county since still on probation there. Since I was getting all these bills for her, though our son was w/me for 3 yrs, I took him to court to get 1 yr of child support paid to me so I could pay the bills for our daughter. That was a stipulation in our own case, but in it I said I'd pay 1/2 her juvenile hall bill. But after that, she came back to me and went to J/H in my county, there was another big bill. He got a bill from my county, and I told him I'd take care of all of that bill if he pd. all the bill from his co. Now his co. is called me, said they have copy of that order (con't)

(con't) but can they enforce that order from my agreement with him, when they weren't a party to the action? Wouldn't they have to bill him as they were, till it was paid off, and if he didn't like it he would sue me in small claims or such?

BTW, daughter is grown & doing well now (whew!)

It's he who is saying I should pay 1/2 the bill from his county since I said I would in my stipulation w/him, but when daughter accrued a big bill in my county, I told him I'd pay all the bill for my county if he paid my half of the bill from his county. (Oral agreement contradicting written court stipulation we made) Now his county says he doesn't want to pay the balance, and is showing them OUR stipulation of which they were not a party, and they want to use that agreement to get the money from me....but I told them that this NEW bill from my county I was paying all on the condition of our oral agreement, I don't think they can use my stip with him to force me to pay the balance, as they weren't a party to that court case.

Answer 1

The bills from J/H are probably a matter of statute. They are billing the parent in the same county, or closest parent, or maybe they can bill either of you.

You can go and get reimbursed from him based on the agreement, but you can't force J/H to observe it. You pay them, then you can get another court to force him to pay restitution.