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Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

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§ 25-503.01 Summons<br />

(1) The summons shall be directed to the defendant or defendants, and contain the names of the<br />

parties and the name and address of the plaintiff’s attorney, if any, otherwise the address of the<br />

plaintiff. It shall notify defendant that in order to defend the lawsuit an appropriate written<br />

response shall be filed with the court within thirty days after service, and that upon failure to do<br />

so the court may enter judgment for the relief demanded in the complaint.<br />

(2) A judgment by default shall not be different in kind from that demanded in the complaint. If<br />

only special damages are demanded a judgment by default shall not exceed the amount<br />

demanded in the complaint.<br />

Source: Laws 1983, LB 447, § 20; Laws 2002, LB 876, § 13<br />

§ 25-2211<br />

…If the defendant fails to answer, the cause for the purpose of this section shall be deemed to be<br />

at issue upon questions of fact, but in every such case the plaintiff may move for and take such<br />

judgment as he or she is entitled to, on the defendant’s default, on or after the day on which the<br />

action is set for trial. …<br />

§ 48-802 – Statutes, General Rules of Construction.<br />

Explains what “may” and “shall” and other fun words mean when used in the law.<br />

The “divisibility doctrine”…<br />

A decree of divorce granted on constructive or substituted service of process may be<br />

divisible, that is, entitled to full faith and credit in other jurisdictions as far as it affects the marital<br />

status, and ineffective on other issues; but a decree based on personal service of process must<br />

be recognized as valid for all purposes.<br />

27C C.J.S. Divorce § 787 at 465 (1986)<br />

See also: Harvey v. Harvey, 6 Neb. App. 524, 575 N.W.2d 167 (1998)<br />

Starr v. King, 234 Neb. 339, 451 N.W.2d 82 (1990)<br />

State on Behalf of A.E. v. Buckhalter, 273 Neb. 443, 730 N.W.2d 340 (2007)<br />

Supreme Court Rule § 6-1504. Domestic relations cases.<br />

(A) All applications for temporary custody, support, and maintenance shall comply with<br />

<strong>Nebraska</strong> statutes.<br />

(B) All applications for temporary support and allowances shall be determined without<br />

testimony upon argument and affidavits setting forth information required by <strong>Nebraska</strong> <strong>Child</strong><br />

<strong>Support</strong> Guidelines and <strong>Nebraska</strong> statutes.<br />

(C) A properly completed Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics form shall be filed<br />

with each petition for dissolution of marriage, and no decree will be entered unless each form is<br />

completed in full.<br />

(D) If any case contains an order or judgment for child or spousal support, or for the payment<br />

of medical expenses, the order shall include the following statements:<br />

(1) Delinquent child or spousal support shall accrue interest at the following rate: (insert<br />

the rate in effect on judgments as published in the applicable issue of the <strong>Nebraska</strong> Advance<br />

Sheets).<br />

(2) If immediate income withholding is not required by law to be ordered in a case and is<br />

not so ordered, the following statement shall be included:<br />

In the event the obligor fails to pay any child support, spousal support, or other payment<br />

ordered to be made through the clerk of the district court, as such failure is certified each<br />

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