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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-509 Religious faith of children; preservation.
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The religious faith of children coming under the jurisdiction of public welfare officials shall be preserved and protected.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-510 Children eligible for assistance.
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In order to be eligible for assistance, a child must be a bona fide resident of the State of Nebraska.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-511 Benefits extended to children in rural districts.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall extend the assistance and services herein provided for to all children in rural districts throughout this state, in order that the same benefits and facilities shall be available to children in such districts as in urban areas.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512 Application for assistance; procedure; maximum monthly assistance; payment; transitional benefits; terms, defined.
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(1) Any dependent child as defined in section 43-504 or any relative or eligible caretaker of such a dependent child may file with the Department of Health and Human Services a written application for financial assistance for such child on forms furnished by the department. (2) T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.01 County attorney or authorized attorney; duty to take action against nonsupporting parent or stepparent; when.
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It shall be the duty of the county attorney or authorized attorney when a copy of the finding of investigation or the application for financial assistance has been filed with him or her as provided in section 43-512, or when an application has been made pursuant to section 43-512…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.02 Child, spousal, and medical support collection; paternity determination; services available; application; fees; costs.
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(1) Any child or any relative, lawful custodian, guardian, or next friend of a child may file with the county attorney, authorized attorney, or other office designated by the Department of Health and Human Services an application for the same child, spousal, and medical support c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.03 County attorney or authorized attorney; duties; enumerated; department; powers; actions; real party in interest; representation; section, how construed.
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(1) The county attorney or authorized attorney shall: (a) On request by the Department of Health and Human Services as described in subsection (2) of this section or when the investigation or application filed under section 43-512 or 43-512.02 justifies, file a complaint against …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.04 Child support or medical support; separate action allowed; procedure; presumption; decree; contempt.
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(1) An action for child support or medical support may be brought separate and apart from any action for dissolution of marriage. The complaint initiating the action shall be filed with the clerk of the district court and may be heard by the county court or the district court as …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.05 Child, spousal, and medical support payments; district court clerks; furnish information; cooperative agreements; reimbursement for costs incurred.
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(1) It shall be the duty of the clerks of the district courts to furnish the Department of Health and Human Services monthly statistical information and any other information required by the department to properly account for child, spousal, and medical support payments. The cler…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.06 Locating absent parents; determining income and employer; access to information; assistance; purpose.
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law regarding confidentiality of records, every department and agency of state, county, and city government and every employer or other payor as defined in section 43-1709 shall assist and cooperate with the Department of Health and Hum…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.07 Assignment of child, spousal, or medical support payments; when; duration; notice; unpaid court-ordered support; how treated; pass-through amounts; how treated.
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(1) Any action, payment, aid, or assistance listed in this subsection shall constitute an assignment by operation of law to the Department of Health and Human Services of any right to spousal or medical support, when ordered by the court, and to child support, whether or not orde…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.08 Intervention in matters relating to child, spousal, or medical support; when authorized.
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The county attorney or authorized attorney, acting for or on behalf of the State of Nebraska, may intervene without leave of the court in any proceeding for dissolution of marriage, paternity, separate maintenance, or child, spousal, or medical support for the purpose of securing…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.09 Garnishment for collection of child support or medical support; where filed.
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A garnishment for the collection of child support or medical support may be filed in any jurisdiction where any property or credits of the defendant may be found irrespective of the residence of the creditors or the place where the debt is payable.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.10 Sections, how construed.
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Sections 43-512 to 43-512.10 and 43-512.12 to 43-512.18 shall be interpreted so as to facilitate the determination of paternity, child, spousal, and medical support enforcement, and the conduct of reviews under such sections.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.11 Work and education programs; department; report.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall submit electronically an annual report, not later than December 1 of each year, to the Legislature regarding the effectiveness of programs established pursuant to subdivision (5)(a) of section 43-512. The report shall include, but…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.12 Title IV-D child support order; review by Department of Health and Human Services; when; noncustodial parent incarcerated; review of child support order; notice to parents.
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(1) Child support orders in cases in which a party has applied for services under Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, shall be reviewed by the Department of Health and Human Services to determine whether to refer such orders to the county attorney or author…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.13 Title IV-D child support order; review; notice requirements; additional reviews; procedure.
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(1)(a) When review of a child support order pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of section 43-512.12 has been requested by one of the parents or initiated by the Department of Health and Human Services, the department shall send notice of the pending review to each parent affected …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.14 Title IV-D child support order; financial information; duty to provide; failure; effect; referral of order; effect.
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Each parent requesting review shall provide the financial information as provided in section 43-512.17 to the Department of Health and Human Services upon request of the department. The parent requesting review shall also provide an affidavit regarding the financial circumstances…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.15 Title IV-D child support order; modification; when; procedures.
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(1) The county attorney or authorized attorney, upon referral from the Department of Health and Human Services, shall file a complaint to modify a child support order unless the attorney determines in the exercise of independent professional judgment that: (a) The variation from …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.16 Title IV-D child support order; review of health care coverage provisions.
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The county attorney or authorized attorney shall review the health care coverage provisions contained in any child support order which is subject to review under section 43-512.12 and shall include in any application for modification a request that the court order health care cov…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.17 Title IV-D child support order; financial information; disclosure; contents.
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Any financial information provided to the Department of Health and Human Services, the county attorney, or the authorized attorney by either parent for the purpose of facilitating a modification proceeding under sections 43-512.12 to 43-512.18 may be disclosed to the other partie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.18 Title IV-D child support order; communication technology; use authorized.
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A court may use any available technology that would allow the parties to communicate with each other to conduct a hearing or any proceeding required pursuant to sections 43-512.12 to 43-512.17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-513 Aid to dependent children; standard of need; adjustment; limitation.
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The standard of need for aid to dependent children payments shall be adjusted on July 1 of every second year beginning July 1, 1997. The adjustment shall be made on the basis of the rate of growth of the Consumer Price Index as determined by the United States Department of Labor,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-513.01 Judgment for child support; death of judgment debtor.
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A judgment for child support shall not abate upon the death of the judgment debtor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-514 Payments; to whom made.
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Payments of assistance with respect to any dependent child shall be made to any person or persons in whose home the residence of such child is maintained.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-515 Department of Health and Human Services; investigations; approval or disapproval of application; notice.
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In each case the Department of Health and Human Services shall make such investigation and reinvestigations as may be necessary to determine family circumstances and eligibility for assistance payments. Each applicant and recipient shall be notified in writing as to the approval …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-516 Department of Health and Human Services; participants in aid to dependent children; collect data and information.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall collect the following data and information yearly: (1) The total number of participants in the aid to dependent children program described in section 43-512 pursuing an associate degree; (2) Graduation rates of such participants, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-517 Department of Health and Human Services; report; public record.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than December 1 each year regarding the data and information collected pursuant to section 43-516, including a summary of such data and information. The report subm…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-522 State assistance funds; how expended; medical care.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall expend state assistance funds allocated for medically handicapped children to supplement other state, county, and municipal, benevolent, fraternal, and charitable expenditures, to extend and improve, especially in rural areas and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-523 Department of Health and Human Services; reports.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall make such reports to the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States in such form and containing such information as such department may from time to time require, and the department shall comply with such provisi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-524 Department of Health and Human Services; duty to cooperate with other welfare agencies.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall cooperate with medical, health, nursing, and welfare groups and organizations and with any agency in the state charged with providing for local rehabilitation of physically handicapped children.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-525 Child welfare services; state assistance funds; expenditure.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall expend state assistance funds allocated for child welfare services in establishing, extending, and strengthening, especially in rural areas, child welfare services mentioned in sections 43-501 to 43-526, for which other funds are …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-526 State agencies; distribution of funds; uniformity; assumption of obligations; limit.
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The state agencies provided for herein shall distribute and cause said funds to be used in as uniform and equal a manner as practicable for the benefit of the children to be assisted by such services, taking into consideration the health, moral surroundings, sanitary conditions, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-529 Aid to dependent children; needs of persons with whom child is living; payment; requirements.
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(1) Payments with respect to any dependent child, including payments to meet the needs of the relative with whom such child is living, such relative's spouse, and the needs of any other individual living in the same home as such child and relative if such needs are taken into acc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-532 Family policy; declaration; legislative findings.
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(1) The Legislature finds and declares that children develop their unique potential in relation to a caring social unit, usually the family, and other nurturing environments, especially the schools and the community. The Legislature further finds that the state shall declare a fa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-533 Family policy; guiding principles.
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The following principles shall guide the actions of state government and departments, agencies, institutions, committees, courts, and commissions which become involved with families and children in need of assistance or services: (1) Prevention, early identification of problems, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-535 Families; training and treatment programs; legislative findings.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the family is the backbone of Nebraska and it is in the best interests of Nebraska to solidify, preserve, strengthen, and maintain the family unit. Often when a family member is afflicted with substance abuse or mental health problem…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-536 Child care reimbursement; assessment; adjustment of rate; participation in quality rating and improvement system; effect.
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In determining the rate of reimbursement for child care, the Department of Health and Human Services shall assess the market rates and costs for provision of services of the child care providers in the state, utilizing an approved methodology in accordance with 45 C.F.R. 98.45, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-701 License; when required; issuance; revocation.
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Except as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, no person, other than a parent, shall (1) place, (2) assist in placing, (3) advertise a child for placement, or (4) give the care and custody of any child to any person or association for adoption or otherwise…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-702 Custodian of child; records required.
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Persons or courts charged with the care of dependent and delinquent children who place out or give the care and custody of any child to any person or association shall keep and preserve such records as may be prescribed by the Department of Health and Human Services. The records …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-705 Visitation; Department of Health and Human Services; power.
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The Department of Health and Human Services, or such person as it may authorize, may visit any child so placed, who has not been legally adopted, with a view of ascertaining whether such child is being properly cared for and living under moral surroundings.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-706 Abuse or neglect by custodian; filing of complaint.
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Whenever the Department of Health and Human Services has reason to believe that any person having the care or custody of a child placed out, and not legally adopted, is an improper person for such care or custody, or subjects such child to cruel treatment, or neglect, or immoral …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-707 Protection of children; Department of Health and Human Services; powers and duties.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall have the power and it shall be its duty: (1) To promote the enforcement of laws for the protection and welfare of children born out of wedlock, mentally and physically handicapped children, and dependent, neglected, and delinquent…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-708 Parent, guardian, or custodian; powers.
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No official, agent, or representative of the Department of Health and Human Services shall, by virtue of sections 43-701 to 43-709, have any right to enter any home over the objection of the occupants thereof or to take charge of any child over the objection of the parents, or ei…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-709 Violation; penalty.
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Any person or agency who or which shall violate any of the provisions of sections 43-701 to 43-709 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor, and this penalty shall apply to officers and employees of agencies.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-801 Destruction of property; infliction of personal injury; limitation.
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The parents shall be jointly and severally liable for the willful and intentional infliction of personal injury to any person or destruction of real and personal property occasioned by their minor or unemancipated children residing with them, or placed by them under the care of o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-903 Court acting pursuant to Nebraska Juvenile Code; disposition of children.
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Any court acting pursuant to the Nebraska Juvenile Code shall commit to the care of the Department of Health and Human Services or any regularly organized and incorporated society or institution, for the purpose of caring for and placing in good family homes, all children, except…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-905 Legal custody; care; placement; duties of department; contracts; payment for maintenance.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall have legal custody of all children committed to it. The department shall afford temporary care and shall use special diligence to provide suitable homes for such children. The department shall make reasonable efforts to accomp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-906 Adoption; consent.
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Except as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, the Department of Health and Human Services, or its duly authorized agent, may consent to the adoption of children committed to it upon the order of a juvenile court if the parental rights of the parents or of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-907 Assets; custody; records; expenditures; investments; social security benefits; department; duties.
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(1) Unless a guardian shall have been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Department of Health and Human Services shall take custody of, and exercise general control over, assets owned by children under the charge of the department. (2) Except as provided in subse…