Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
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as to the paternity of the minor child. Therefore, [the mother] is not entitled to a new<br />
trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence.<br />
Farmer v. Farmer, 200 Neb. 308, 263 N.W.2d 664 (1978)<br />
Where parents of a child born out of wedlock subsequently marry, that child is<br />
legitimate.<br />
Ford v. Ford, 191 Neb. 548, 216 N.W.2d 176 (1974)<br />
Presumed legitimacy of children born in wedlock may not be rebutted by the<br />
testimony or declaration of a parent.<br />
Helter v. Williamson, 239 Neb. 741, 478 N.W.2d 6 (1991)<br />
The legitimacy of children born during wedlock is presumed, and this presumption<br />
may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence; the testimony or declaration of<br />
a husband or wife is not competent to bastardize a child.<br />
Notice of paternity proceedings and an opportunity to appear must be served upon<br />
the husband of the mother of the child born during marriage<br />
Henke v. Guerrero, 13 Neb. App. 337, 692 N.W.2d 762 (2005)<br />
An out-of-wedlock child has the statutory right to be supported to the same extent<br />
and in the same manner as a child born in lawful wedlock; the resulting duty of a<br />
parent to provide such support may, under appropriate circumstances, require the<br />
award of retroactive child support.<br />
While a paternity action is one at law, the award of child support in such a<br />
case is equitable in nature. When reviewing a question of law, an appellate court<br />
reaches a conclusion independent of the lower court’s ruling.<br />
In re Adoption of Corbin J., 278 Neb. 1057, 775 N.W.2d 404 (2009)<br />
Holding: A temporary order for child support does not adjudicate paternity.<br />
An adjudicated father is an individual determined to be the father by a court of<br />
competent jurisdiction.<br />
[A] temporary order [setting child support] was not a final court-ordered<br />
determination [as to paternity].<br />
Jeffrey B. v. Amy L., 283 Neb. 940, ____ N.W.2d _____ (June 2012)<br />
What. A. Mess.<br />
Facts: Unmarried woman carries on sexual relationships with two men at the same time (she<br />
has 5 kids by 5 fathers). She becomes pregnant in 1999, tells one man he is the father, and he<br />
steps up to the plate for the child, obtaining a paternity judgment on his own, and then living with<br />
the child as the custodial parent for 7 out of the next 10 years. Mom made only half hearted<br />
attempts to tell the other man she is pregnant in 1999, but never actually connects with him.<br />
That second man hears rumors she is pregnant in 1999, but fails to act on them for ten years,<br />
until he sees a picture of the child in 2009 and thinks the child looks like him. His suspicions are<br />
confirmed by DNA testing. DNA Dad later succeeds in intervening in the settled 2001 paternity<br />
decree in 2010, and convinces trial court to set aside the decree of paternity in the legal father<br />
in favor of DNA dad in 2011. Mom and Legal Dad appeal. There are over a dozen assignments<br />
of error from all 3 parties.<br />
Held: DNA dad sat on his rights and responsibilities too long. Equity will not let him intervene<br />
in a settled 10 year old paternity case. Case reversed.<br />
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