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Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

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§43-504. “(1) The term dependent child shall mean a child under the age of nineteen years<br />

majority or a child who is under the age of nineteen years who is living with a relative or with a<br />

caretaker who is the child’s legal guardian or conservator . . ..”<br />

§43-289. The marriage of any juvenile committed to a state institution under the age of nineteen<br />

years shall not make such juvenile of the age of majority.<br />

Source: Laws 1981, LB 346, § 45; Laws 1985, LB 447, § 26; Laws 1986, LB 1177, § 18; Laws 1989, LB<br />

182, § 15; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 141.<br />

§43-2101. Persons declared minors; marriage, effect.<br />

All persons under nineteen years of age are declared to be minors, but in case any person marries<br />

under the age of nineteen years, his or her minority ends.<br />

Source: Laws 1988, LB 790, § 6.<br />

Groseth v. Groseth, 257 Neb. 525, 600 N.W.2d 159 (1999)<br />

The age of majority is a “nonmodifiable” provision of a support order when a<br />

responding state is modifying a support order issued in another state. See, also,<br />

Unif. Interstate Family <strong>Support</strong> Act, § 611<br />

In re Petition of Anonymous 3, a minor, 279 Neb. 912, 782 N.W.2d 591 (2010)<br />

Emancipation means the freeing of the child from the care, custody, control, and<br />

service of his or her parents.<br />

The emancipation of a minor may be proved by circumstantial evidence or may be<br />

implied from the conduct of the parties.<br />

Either acts solely initiated and performed by a minor child or acts of a parent<br />

inconsistent with the performance of parental obligations may effectuate a minor’s<br />

emancipation.<br />

Millatmal v. Millatmal, 272 Neb. 452, 723 N.W.2d 79 (2006)<br />

In divorce action between two natives of Pakistan, husband was ordered to pay child support for<br />

child who lived with mother, but who was legally married under Pakistani law, in an arranged<br />

marriage. <strong>Child</strong>’s husband continued to live in Pakistan. No steps had been taken to end that<br />

marriage.<br />

§42-117 (Reissue 2004) – All marriages contracted without this state, which would<br />

be valid by the laws of the country in which the same were contracted, shall be valid<br />

in all courts and places in this state.<br />

Query: Where does this leave us should a same sex couple legally married in Canada, Europe,<br />

D.C and various other United States, seek a separation agreement or divorce here, and child<br />

support is an issue? How about a CP who is divorced from a same sex marriage who has a<br />

child support order stemming from that divorce? Stay tuned…<br />

Given that Naheed’s Pakistani marriage is considered valid in <strong>Nebraska</strong>, we<br />

conclude that Naheed is emancipated. As a result of her emancipation, the district<br />

court abused its discretion in ordering Taj to pay child support to Parveen.<br />

See, also, Randall v. Randall, 216 Neb. 541, 545, 345 N.W.2d 319, 321 (1984)<br />

(“validity of a marriage is generally determined by the law of the place where it was<br />

contracted”).<br />

Moore v. Bauer, 11 Neb. App. 572, 657 N.W.2d 25 (2003)<br />

In <strong>Nebraska</strong>, an obligor’s duty to pay child support for a child terminates when the<br />

child reaches 19 years of age, the child marries, the child dies, or the child is<br />

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