Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

(d) INTEREST- As used in this section, the term `interest’ includes service charges, renewal
charges, fees, or any other charges (except bona fide insurance) with respect to an obligation or
liability.
Bowers v. Lens, 264 Neb. 465, 648 N.W.2d 294 (2002)
A court of equity does not have discretion to withhold interest on decrees or
judgments for the payment of money.
Laschanzky v. Laschanzky, 246 Neb. 705, 523 N.W.2d 29 (1994)
A court of equity does not have discretion to allow or withhold interest in cases
where interest is recoverable as a matter of right.
State on Behalf of Kayla T. v. Risinger, 273 Neb. 694, 731 N.W.2d 892 (2007)
The district court abused its discretion in ordering the retroactive child support to be paid
in future monthly installments. Thus, we conclude that the order should be modified and
judgment entered for the full amount due, with interest to accrue on the full amount from the
date of judgment.
Intervention by the State
§43-512.08. Intervention in matters relating to child, spousal, or medical support; when
authorized.
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 an order
for child, spousal, or medical support, modifying an order for child or medical support, or
modifying an order for child support as the result of a review of such order under sections 43-
512.12 to 43-512.18. Such proceedings shall be limited only to the determination of child or
medical support. Except in cases in which the intervention is the result of a review under such
sections, the county attorney or authorized attorney shall so act only when it appears that the
children are not otherwise represented by counsel.
Source: Laws 1976, LB 926, § 10; Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 72; Laws 1991, LB 457, §
12; Laws 1991, LB 715, § 11; Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 54, Laws 2007, LB554, § 41 Effective January 1, 2008
Cammarata v. Chambers, 6 Neb. App. 467, 574 N.W.2d 530 (1998)
Facts: Dad was ordered to pay support pursuant to decree entered in 1984. In 1992 the court
modified the order, switched custody to the dad, and effectively set support at $0 until the
mother became employed. Later the child moved out of Dad’s home and into Mom’s, and Mom
applied for Medicaid. The State then filed an action to establish a child support order pursuant
to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-512.03 et seq, alleging the child was now with Mom and in need of
support. Dad appealed, claiming CSE agency had no authority to file for new support order, as
the parties’ 1992 modification order addressed child support.
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