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Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

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In order to stand in loco parentis, one must assume all obligations incident to the<br />

parental relationship. …No matter how well intentioned, an ex-stepfather who visits<br />

his former stepdaughter on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and on every other<br />

Sunday, cannot, by definition, be deemed as standing in loco parentis.<br />

Service of Process & Related<br />

25-217. Action; commencement; defendant not served; effect.<br />

An action is commenced on the date the complaint is filed with the court. The action shall<br />

stand dismissed without prejudice as to any defendant not served within six months from the<br />

date the complaint was filed.<br />

Source: Laws 2002, LB 876, § 5.<br />

§ 25-505.01 Service of summons; methods; State Court Administrator; maintain list.<br />

(1) Unless otherwise limited by statute or by the court, a plaintiff may elect to have service made<br />

by any of the following methods:<br />

(a) Personal service which shall be made by leaving the summons with the individual to be<br />

served; with some person of suitable age and discretion residing therein;<br />

(b) Residence service which shall be made by leaving the summons at the usual place of<br />

residence of the individual to be served, with some person of suitable age and discretion residing<br />

therein;<br />

(c) Certified mail service which shall be made by<br />

(i) within ten days of issuance, sending the summons to the defendant by certified mail with a<br />

return receipt requested showing to whom and where delivered and the date of delivery, and<br />

(ii) filing with the court proof of service with the signed receipt attached; or<br />

(d) Designated delivery service which shall be made by (i) within ten days of issuance, sending<br />

the summons by a designated delivery service to the defendant, (ii) obtaining a signed delivery<br />

receipt showing to whom and where delivered and the date of delivery, and (iii) filing with the<br />

court proof of service with a copy of the signed delivery receipt attached. As used in this<br />

subdivision, a designated delivery service means a delivery service designated as such pursuant<br />

to 26 U.S.C. 7502(f) and a signed delivery receipt includes an electronic or facsimile receipt with<br />

an image of the recipient’s signature.<br />

(2) Failure to make service by the method elected by the plaintiff does not affect the validity of<br />

the service.<br />

(3) The State Court Administrator shall maintain on the web site of the Supreme Court a list of<br />

designated delivery services.<br />

Source: Laws 1983, LB 447, § 22; Laws 1984, LB 845, § 21; Laws 2009, LB35, § 6; Laws 2011, LB669,<br />

§ 7. Operative Date: May 27, 2011<br />

See www.irs.gov/publications/p80/ar01.html (www.supremecourt.ne.gov/community/index.shtml)<br />

DHL Express (DHL): DHL Same Day Service.<br />

Federal Express (FedEx): FedEx Priority Overnight, FedEx Standard Overnight, FedEx<br />

2Day, FedEx International Priority, and FedEx International First.<br />

United Parcel Service (UPS): UPS Next Day Air, UPS Next Day Air Saver, UPS 2nd Day Air,<br />

UPS 2nd Day Air A.M., UPS Worldwide Express Plus, and UPS Worldwide Express.<br />

Your private delivery service can tell you how to get written proof of the mailing date.<br />

Private delivery services cannot deliver items to P.O. boxes. You must use the U.S. Postal<br />

Service to mail any item to an IRS P.O. box address.<br />

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