Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

We conclude that the state was not authorized to appeal the …order in this criminal
case and that therefore, this court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal. … Absent
specific statutory authorization, the state, as a general rule, has no right to appeal an
adverse ruling in a criminal case.
State v. Norwood, 203 Neb. 201, 277 N.W.2d 709 (1979)
A court must take judicial notice of its own records in the case under consideration.
[A court] has a right to examine its own records and take judicial notice of its own
proceedings and judgment in an interwoven and dependent controversy where the
same matters have already been considered and determined.
State o/b/o Joseph F. v. Rial, 251 Neb. 1, 554 N.W.2d 769 (1996)
[T]he district court retains jurisdiction for orders regarding support notwithstanding
the fact that the paternity determination was on appeal.
In a civil action, only a preponderance of the evidence is necessary to sustain the
establishment of paternity.
Trogdon v. Trogdon, 18 Neb. App. 313, 780 N.W.2d 45 (2010)
Facts: Parties divorced in California. Mom and child later move to Nebraska and Dad moves to
Washington State. Years later Mom registers the California divorce in her home state of Nebraska, and
seeks to enforce against Dad in Washington. Dad is mailed a copy of the registration by the clerk of
district court, and files a written objection on his own with the court, disputing the amount of alleged
arrears, but not the court’s lack of personal jurisdiction over him. Two months later, in preparation for the
evidentiary hearing on his objection, he hires an attorney, who files an objection, claiming the Nebraska
court lacks personal jurisdiction over him. The district court rules that it did have jurisdiction. He later
appeals.
Held: when the father filed his objection to the registration, he asked the court to address the merits of
the cause of action. This simple fact gave the Nebraska court jurisdiction over him.
Personal jurisdiction is the power of a tribunal to subject and bind a particular entity
to its decisions. Hunt v. Trackwell, 262 Neb. 688, 635 N.W.2d 106 (2001). Lack of
personal jurisdiction may be waived and such jurisdiction conferred by the conduct
of the parties. Id. For example, a party that files an answer generally denying the
allegations of a petition invokes the court’s power on an issue other than personal
jurisdiction and confers on the court personal jurisdiction.
Similarly, a party who does more than call a court’s attention to the lack of personal
jurisdiction by asking for affirmative relief will not later be heard to claim that the
court lacked jurisdiction over that party. Glass v. Nebraska Dept. of Motor Vehicles,
248 Neb. 501, 536 N.W.2d 344 (1995).
a confirmed support order cannot be contested with respect to any matter that could
have been asserted at the confirmation hearing.
[UIFSA] Section 42-742 goes on to enumerate the specific defenses which can be
raised when contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order and the
effect of a validly raised defense. Section 42-742 provides:
(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking to vacate
the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:
(1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;
(2) the order was obtained by fraud;
(3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;
(4) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;
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