Title 25, Marital and Domestic Relations

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…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 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. "R…

Under this article a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction as if it were a child custody determination.

A. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this chapter or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdiction…

A. A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: 1. A visitation schedule made by a court of another state. 2. The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that d…

A. A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this state all of the following: 1. A letter or another document requesting registra…

A. A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the law of this state to enforce a registered child custody determination made by a court of another state. B. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but shall not modify, except in accordance with…

If a proceeding for enforcement under this article is commenced in a court of this state and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to modify the determination under article 2 of this chapter, …

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…

Except as otherwise provided in section 25-1061, the petition and order must be served on the respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child by any method authorized by this state.

A. Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order in accordance with section 25-1034, on a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the …

A. On the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if the child is immediately likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed…

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…

A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order that is issued by another state, that is consistent with this chapter and that enforces a child custody determination by a court of another state unless the order has been vacated, stayed or modified by a court …

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 …

A. In a case that arises under this chapter or that involves the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction, the attorney general may take any lawful action, including resorting to a proceeding under this article or any other available civil proceeding…

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…