Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

§ 25-505.01 Service of summons; methods; State Court Administrator; maintain list.
(1) Unless otherwise limited by statute or by the court, a plaintiff may elect to have service made
by any of the following methods:
(a) Personal service which shall be made by leaving the summons with the individual to be
served; with some person of suitable age and discretion residing therein;
(b) Residence service which shall be made by leaving the summons at the usual place of
residence of the individual to be served, with some person of suitable age and discretion residing
therein;
(c) Certified mail service which shall be made by
(i) within ten days of issuance, sending the summons to the defendant by certified mail with a
return receipt requested showing to whom and where delivered and the date of delivery, and
(ii) filing with the court proof of service with the signed receipt attached; or
(d) Designated delivery service which shall be made by (i) within ten days of issuance, sending
the summons by a designated delivery service to the defendant, (ii) obtaining a signed delivery
receipt showing to whom and where delivered and the date of delivery, and (iii) filing with the
court proof of service with a copy of the signed delivery receipt attached. As used in this
subdivision, a designated delivery service means a delivery service designated as such pursuant
to 26 U.S.C. 7502(f) and a signed delivery receipt includes an electronic or facsimile receipt with
an image of the recipient’s signature.
(2) Failure to make service by the method elected by the plaintiff does not affect the validity of
the service.
(3) The State Court Administrator shall maintain on the web site of the Supreme Court a list of
designated delivery services.
Source: Laws 1983, LB 447, § 22; Laws 1984, LB 845, § 21; Laws 2009, LB35, § 6; Laws 2011, LB669,
§ 7. Operative Date: May 27, 2011
See www.irs.gov/publications/p80/ar01.html (www.supremecourt.ne.gov/community/index.shtml)
DHL Express (DHL): DHL Same Day Service.
Federal Express (FedEx): FedEx Priority Overnight, FedEx Standard Overnight, FedEx
2Day, FedEx International Priority, and FedEx International First.
United Parcel Service (UPS): UPS Next Day Air, UPS Next Day Air Saver, UPS 2nd Day Air,
UPS 2nd Day Air A.M., UPS Worldwide Express Plus, and UPS Worldwide Express.
Your private delivery service can tell you how to get written proof of the mailing date.
Private delivery services cannot deliver items to P.O. boxes. You must use the U.S. Postal
Service to mail any item to an IRS P.O. box address.
§ 25-517.02. Substitute and constructive service.
Upon motion and showing by affidavit that service cannot be made with reasonable diligence by
any other method provided by statute, the court may permit service to be made (1) by leaving the
process at the defendant’s usual place of residence and mailing a copy by first-class mail to the
defendant’s last-known address, (2) by publication, or (3) by any manner reasonably calculated
under the circumstances to provide the party with actual notice of the proceedings and an
opportunity to be heard.
Source: Laws 1983, LB 447, §33.
§ 42-364. Action involving child support, child custody, parenting time, visitation, or other
access; parenting plan; legal custody and physical custody determination; rights of
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