Chapter 42, HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES
289 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1210 Rules and regulations.
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The Secretary of State may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Address Confidentiality Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1401 Family Resource and Juvenile Assessment Center Pilot Program; designate.
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(1)(a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall designate a Family Resource and Juvenile Assessment Center Pilot Program in cities of the metropolitan class areas. (b) The pilot program shall: (i) Operate twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, (ii) be developed in p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1402 Pilot program; provide resources; minimize harm; foster community trust and engagement.
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The pilot program established pursuant to section 42-1401 shall: (1) Provide comprehensive support resources to prevent youth from entering or escalating within the juvenile justice system; (2) Minimize individual and community harm by addressing issues before they lead to greate…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1403 Family resource and juvenile assessment center; designation process.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a designation process for family resource and juvenile assessment centers to ensure adherence to high-quality standards in service delivery, staff qualifications, and organizational effectiveness. (2) A center seekin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1404 Family resource and juvenile assessment center; designation; criteria.
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To receive designation as a family resource and juvenile assessment center under section 42-1403, an applicant shall meet the following criteria: (1) Offer a range of core services, including parenting support, youth counseling, economic success initiatives, early childhood progr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1405 Family resource and juvenile assessment center; provide assessments and services.
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(1) Each family resource and juvenile assessment center shall host multiple community providers, grassroots organizations, and embedded community navigators to assess and serve the immediate and ongoing needs of youth and families. (2) Each center shall provide assessments and se…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1406 Family resource and juvenile assessment center; integrate culturally relevant and trauma-informed services; establish community partnerships.
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(1) Each family resource and juvenile assessment center shall integrate culturally relevant and trauma-informed services, including (a) tutoring, (b) mentoring from community leaders, including those with lived experience in the justice system, (c) conflict resolution and anger m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1407 Family resource and juvenile assessment center; youth advisory council; parent advisory board; host activities; employment.
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Each family resource and juvenile assessment center shall (1) have a youth advisory council and parent advisory board composed of community members to provide ongoing feedback to ensure services remain relevant, effective, and responsive, (2) host regular outreach events, worksho…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1408 Family resource and juvenile assessment center; implement data collection system.
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Each family resource and juvenile assessment center shall implement a data collection system to assess program effectiveness, track youth and family outcomes, and incorporate feedback directly from those served. The data collected shall be used to adjust and refine services, with…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1409 Family resource and juvenile assessment center; offer ongoing support.
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Each family resource and juvenile assessment center shall offer ongoing support to youth after they complete the initial service period. This support may include alumni mentoring programs, periodic check-ins, or additional family resources as youth transition into adulthood or ex…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1410 Funding; allocation.
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Funding for family resource and juvenile assessment centers shall be allocated to prioritize partnerships with local grassroots organizations and businesses to sustain services and provide direct community investment. Subject to available funds, each designated center shall recei…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1411 Evaluation.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall conduct an annual evaluation of the Family Resource and Juvenile Assessment Center Pilot Program's impact on youth and family well-being, community trust, and reduction in juvenile justice system involvement to inform future progr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-201 Wife's separate property; not available for husband or his debts; exception.
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The property, real and personal, which any woman in the state may own at the time of her marriage, rents, issues, profits or proceeds thereof and real, personal or mixed property which shall come to her by descent, devise or the gift of any person except her husband or which she …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-202 Married woman; capacity to contract; same as married man.
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A married woman may bargain, sell, and convey her real and personal property. Such a woman may enter into any contract in the same manner, to the same extent, and with like effect as a married man. The obligations of her contracts shall be the same as a married man.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-203 Married woman; capacity to carry on business; earnings.
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Any married woman may carry on trade or business, and perform any labor or services on her sole and separate account; and the earnings of any married woman, from her trade, business, labor or services, shall be her sole and separate property, and may be used and invested by her i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-204 Married woman; marriage solemnized out of state; property rights.
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Any woman who shall have been married out of this state shall, if her husband afterwards becomes a resident of this state, enjoy all the rights as to property which she may have acquired by the laws of any other state, territory or country, or which she may have acquired by virtu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-205 Sections, how construed.
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Nothing contained in sections 42-201 to 42-205 shall invalidate any marriage settlement or contract.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-206 Debts of wife contracted before marriage; husband not liable.
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The property of the husband shall not be liable for any debts contracted by the wife before marriage.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-207 Married woman; not bound by covenant in joint deed.
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A married woman shall not be bound by any covenant in a joint deed of herself and husband.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-341 Decree of another jurisdiction; no force or effect; when.
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A divorce from the bonds of matrimony obtained in another jurisdiction shall be of no force or effect in this state, if both parties to the marriage were domiciled in this state at the time the proceeding for the divorce was commenced except as provided in section 30-2353.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-342 Residence; prima facie evidence.
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Proof that a person obtaining a divorce from the bonds of matrimony in another jurisdiction was (1) domiciled in this state within twelve months prior to the commencement of the proceeding therefor, and resumed residence in this state within eighteen months after the date of his …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-343 Sections, how construed.
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Sections 42-341 to 42-344 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-344 Act, how cited.
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Sections 42-341 to 42-344 may be cited as the Uniform Divorce Recognition Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-345 Decree of divorce; prior to August 27, 1951; validity.
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When any district court in this state shall have entered of record a decree of divorce prior to August 27, 1951, it shall be conclusively presumed that the decree, and all instruments and proceedings in connection therewith, are valid in all respects, notwithstanding some defect …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-346 Decree of divorce; validity.
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When any district court in this state has entered a decree of divorce after August 27, 1951, and when any county court in this state has entered a decree of divorce on or after October 1, 1997, it shall be conclusively presumed that the decree, and all instruments and proceedings…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-347 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 42-347 to 42-381, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Authorized attorney means an attorney (a) employed by the county subject to the approval of the county board, (b) employed by the Department of Health and Human Services, or (c) appointed by the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-348 Proceedings; where brought; transfer of proceedings; orders; how treated.
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All proceedings under sections 42-347 to 42-381 shall be brought in the district court of the county in which one of the parties resides. Proceedings may be transferred to a separate juvenile court or county court sitting as a juvenile court which has acquired jurisdiction pursua…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-349 Dissolution; action; conditions.
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No action for dissolution of marriage may be brought unless at least one of the parties has had actual residence in this state with a bona fide intention of making this state his or her permanent home for at least one year prior to the filing of the complaint, or unless the marri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-350 Legal separation; amendment of pleadings; when.
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If a complaint for legal separation is filed before residence requirements for dissolution of marriage have been complied with, either party, upon complying with such requirements, may amend his or her pleadings to request a dissolution of marriage, and notice of such amendment s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-351 County or district court; jurisdiction.
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(1) In proceedings under sections 42-347 to 42-381, the court shall have jurisdiction to inquire into such matters, make such investigations, and render such judgments and make such orders, both temporary and final, as are appropriate concerning the status of the marriage, the cu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-352 Proceedings; complaint; filing; service.
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A proceeding under sections 42-347 to 42-381 shall be commenced by filing a complaint in the district court. The proceeding may be heard by the county court or the district court as provided in section 25-2740. Summons shall be served upon the other party to the marriage by perso…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-353 Complaint; contents.
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The pleadings required by sections 42-347 to 42-381 shall be governed by the rules of pleading in civil actions promulgated under section 25-801.01. The complaint shall include the following: (1) The name and address of the plaintiff and his or her attorney, except that a plainti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-355 Defendant; proper service or appearance.
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No marriage shall be dissolved or legal separation decreed unless the defendant has been properly served with process or entered an appearance in the case.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-356 Hearings.
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Hearings shall be held in open court upon the oral testimony of witnesses or upon the depositions of such witnesses taken as in other actions. The court may in its discretion close the hearing and may restrict the availability of the evidence or bill of exceptions.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-357 Temporary and ex parte orders; violation; penalty.
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The court may order either party to pay to the clerk of the district court or to the State Disbursement Unit, as provided in section 42-369, a sum of money for the temporary support and maintenance of the other party and minor children if any are affected by the action and to ena…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358 Attorney for minor child; appointment; powers; child or spousal support; records; income withholding; contempt proceedings; fees; evidence; appeal.
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(1) The court may appoint an attorney to protect the interests of any minor children of the parties. Such attorney shall be empowered to make independent investigations and to cause witnesses to appear and testify on matters pertinent to the welfare of the children. The court sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358.01 Delinquent support order payments; records.
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Records of delinquencies in support order payments shall be kept by the Title IV-D Division of the Department of Health and Human Services or by the clerks of the district courts pursuant to their responsibilities under law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358.02 Delinquent child support payments, spousal support payments, and medical support payments; interest; rate; report; Title IV-D Division; duties.
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(1) All delinquent child support payments, spousal support payments, and medical support payments shall draw interest at the rate specified in section 45-103 in effect on the date of the most recent order or decree. Such interest shall be computed as simple interest. (2) All chil…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358.03 Permanent child support payments; failure to pay; work release program.
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Any person found guilty of contempt of court for failure to pay permanent child support payments and imprisoned therefor shall be committed to a court-supervised work release program. Ninety percent of earnings realized from such program shall be applied to payment of delinquenci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358.04 Delinquent permanent child support payments; remarriage; effect.
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Remarriage of the person entitled to collect under a permanent child support decree shall not work to cut off delinquent payments due under such decree.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358.05 Child or spousal support; performance of decree; court powers.
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After a hearing on the issue, the court may order immediate implementation of income withholding pursuant to the Income Withholding for Child Support Act or require the posting of a bond at the time that a temporary or permanent child support or spousal support decree is issued t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358.06 Delinquent permanent child or spousal support payments; lien.
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A lien upon the property of one who is delinquent in permanent child or spousal support payments may be instituted and enforced according to the terms of section 42-371.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358.07 Clerk of the district court; nonperformance of duties; removal from office.
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Any clerk of the district court who fails to perform his or her duties under sections 42-358 to 42-358.07 or the Income Withholding for Child Support Act shall be removed from office after conviction for such offense.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-358.08 Information regarding absent parent; duty to furnish; enforcement.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the confidentiality of records and when not prohibited by the federal Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-579, as amended, each department and agency of state, county, and city government and each employer or other payor as defi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-359 Applications for spousal support or alimony; financial statements.
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Applications for spousal support or alimony shall be accompanied by a statement of the applicant's financial condition and, to the best of his or her knowledge, a statement of the other party's financial condition. Such other party may file his or her statement, if he or she so d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-360 Reconciliation; transfer of action; when; counseling; costs.
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No decree shall be entered under sections 42-347 to 42-381 unless the court finds that every reasonable effort to effect reconciliation has been made. Proceedings filed pursuant to sections 42-347 to 42-381 shall be subject to transfer to a conciliation court pursuant to section …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-361 Marriage irretrievably broken; findings; decree issued without hearing; when.
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(1) If both of the parties state under oath or affirmation that the marriage is irretrievably broken, or one of the parties so states and the other does not deny it, the court, after hearing, shall make a finding whether the marriage is irretrievably broken. (2) If one of the par…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-361.01 Legal separation; findings.
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In a legal separation proceeding: (1) If both of the parties state under oath or affirmation that they shall thereafter live separate and apart, or one of the parties so states and the other does not deny it, the court, after hearing, shall make a finding whether the legal separa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-362 Spouse mentally ill; guardian ad litem; attorney; appointment; order for support.
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When the pleadings or evidence in any action pursuant to sections 42-347 to 42-381 indicate that either spouse is mentally ill, a guardian ad litem or an attorney, or both, shall be appointed to represent the interests of such spouse. Such guardian's fee or attorney's fee, or bot…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-363 Waiting period.
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No suit for divorce shall be heard or tried until sixty days after perfection of service of process, at which time the suit may be heard or tried and a decree may be entered.