In Re Judson W.

Plaintiff County of Sacramento appeals from an order made by the San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court and accepted by the Sacramento County Juvenile Court, determining the residence of the minor, Judson W., to be Sacramento County and transferring wardship and supervision of the minor to Sacramento County.

The unhappy circumstances of this minor’s somewhat ping-pong ball existence from March 1984 to the present result from the minor being beyond the control of his parents, each of whom refuses to assume his physical custody or to have home responsibility for him. He has as well exhausted any welcome he may have had at the homes of various relatives. At the time this appeal was filed, he had been removed from the custody of both parents by the Sacramento Juvenile Court and committed to care and custody of the probation officer for suitable placement outside either parent’s home, to be detained in juvenile hall until placed.

The critical issue presented is which county, Sacramento or San Luis Obispo, is to be charged with the wardship and supervision of the minor and the financial burdens which ensue therefrom. The mother resides in Sacramento County, the father in San…