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Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

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(b) If the court orders income withholding regardless of whether or not payments are in arrears<br />

pursuant to section 43-1718.01 or 43-1718.02,the statement in this subsection may be altered to<br />

read as follows:<br />

In the event that the (plaintiff or defendant) fails to pay any child, medical, or spousal support<br />

payment, as such failure is certified each month by the State Disbursement Unit in cases in<br />

which court-ordered support is delinquent in an amount equal to the support due and payable for<br />

a one-month period of time, he or she may be required to appear in court on a date to be<br />

determined by the court and show cause why such payment was not made. In the event that the<br />

(plaintiff or defendant) fails to pay and appear as ordered, a warrant shall be issued for his or her<br />

arrest.<br />

Source: Laws 1983, LB 371, § 9; ; Laws 1984, LB 845, § 30; ; Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 17; ;<br />

Laws 1993, LB 523, § 1; ; Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 45; ; Laws 2000, LB 972, § 13; ; Laws 2004, LB<br />

1207, § 27; ; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 36; ; Laws 2007, LB296, § 59; ; Laws 2008, LB1014, § 34.<br />

.<br />

Reciprocity/ International Law & Related<br />

I. Overview<br />

42-721 Attorney General; powers.<br />

. . .<br />

(b) The Attorney General may determine that a foreign country or political subdivision has<br />

established a reciprocal arrangement for child<br />

support with this state and take appropriate action<br />

for notification of the determination.<br />

Source: Laws 1993, LB 500, § 21; Laws 2003, LB<br />

148, § 61.<br />

If you work child support long enough you<br />

will encounter cases with parents and minor<br />

children living in and being citizens of foreign<br />

countries. When the NCP resides in your<br />

jurisdiction it may fall to your court to either<br />

establish an order of paternity and/or order for<br />

support, or to register a foreign support order for purposes of enforcement or modification. The<br />

general methods of doing so remain the same when dealing with foreign parties, but you will<br />

encounter all sorts of additional “issues”, including document interpretation, language barriers,<br />

time zone issues (email does wonders in that regard), differing methods of obtaining service of<br />

process, currency conversion issues and generalized issues relating to differing levels of social<br />

services found in other countries. For example, in much of Europe single parents automatically<br />

qualify for government cash benefits, which allows a single parent not to have to work. Free<br />

universal health insurance is also the norm in many other nations (lucky them!).<br />

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