Title 25 — Marital and Domestic Relations

B. Except as otherwise provided in section 25-1034, a court of this state, before hearing a child custody proceeding, shall examine the court documents and other information supplied by the parties pursuant to section 25-1039. If the court determines that a child custody proceedi…

B. Before determining whether it is an inconvenient forum, a court of this state shall consider whether it is appropriate for a court of another state to exercise jurisdiction. For this purpose, the court shall allow the parties to submit information and shall consider all releva…

A. Except as otherwise provided in section 25-1034, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this chapter because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless any of the follow…

1. Has participated, as a party or witness or in any other capacity, in any other proceeding concerning the custody of or visitation with the child and, if so, shall identify the court, the case number and the date of the child custody determination, if any. 2. Knows of any proce…

A. In a child custody proceeding in this state, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this state to appear before the court in person with or without the child. The court may order any person who is in this state and who has physical custody or control of the ch…

1. "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination. 2. "Respondent" means a person against whom a proceeding has…

[Repealed or reserved.]

B. A court of this state may use any remedy available under any other law of this state to enforce a child custody determination made by a court of another state. The remedies provided in this article are cumulative and do not affect the availability of other remedies to enforce …

1. A visitation schedule made by a court of another state. 2. The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule. B. If a court of this state makes an order under subsection A, paragraph 2, it shall…

1. A letter or another document requesting registration. 2. Two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be registered and a statement under penalty of perjury that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the order ha…

B. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but shall not modify, except in accordance with article 2 of this chapter, a registered child custody determination of a court of another state.

[Repealed or reserved.]

A. A petition under this article must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration must be attached to the petition. A copy of a certified copy of an order may be attached instead of the original. B. A petition for enf…

[Repealed or reserved.]

1. The child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under section 25-1053 and that any of the following is true: (a) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under article 2 of this chapter. (b) The child custody determination for which enforcement is soug…

B. If on the testimony of the petitioner or any other witness, the court finds that the child is imminently likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state, it may issue a warrant to take physical custody of the child. The petition must be heard on the next j…

A. The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including costs, communication expenses, attorney fees, investigative fees, expenses for witnesses, travel expenses and child care during the…

[Repealed or reserved.]

An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this article in accordance with expedited appellate procedures in other civil cases. Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under section 25-1034, the enforcing court shall not stay an order enforcing a …

1. An existing child custody determination. 2. A request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding. 3. A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated. 4. A reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of th…

At the request of the attorney general who acts pursuant to section 25-1065, a law enforcement officer may take any lawful action reasonably necessary to locate a child or a party to assist the attorney general.

If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the attorney general and law enforcement officers who act pursuant to section 25-1065 and 25-1066.

This chapter may be cited as the uniform interstate family support act.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directe…

A. The superior court is the tribunal of this state. B. The department of economic security is the support enforcement agency of this state.

A. Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. B. This chapter does not: 1. Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a suppor…

A. A tribunal of this state shall apply articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this chapter and, as applicable, article 7 of this chapter to a support proceeding that involves any of the following: 1. A foreign support order. 2. A foreign tribunal. 3. An obligee, an obligor or a child r…

A. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if any of the following is true: 1. The individua…

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or another law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as the tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdic…

Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.

A. A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if all of the following are true: 1. The petition or comparable pleading in this…

A. A tribunal of this state that has issued a support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and either: 1. At the time of the filing of a reques…

A. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the laws of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: 1. The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribun…

A. If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal is controlling and shall be recognized. B. If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and two or more child support orders have been issued by tr…

In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tr…

A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state or …

A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter or other laws of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order, may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to section 25-125…

A. A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the laws of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation. B. A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal s…

A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter. B. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forw…

A minor parent or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall: 1. Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proce…

A. On the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents either: 1. To the responding tribunal or the appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state. 2. If the identit…

A. When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 25-1241, subsection B, it shall file the petition or pleading and notify the petitioner of where and when it was filed. B. A respondi…

If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal in this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent…

A. In a proceeding under this chapter, a support enforcement agency of this state, on request: 1. Shall provide services to a petitioner that resides in a state. 2. Shall provide services to a petitioner that requests services through a central authority of a foreign country desc…

A. If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general may order the agency to perform its duties under this chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual. B…

An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.

A. The department of economic security is the state information agency under this chapter. B. The department shall: 1. Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement ag…

A. In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, determine parentage of a child or register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 25-1252…

If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and shall not be disclosed to the other party or to the publi…