Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

(3) The court shall apply the statute of limitations for maintaining an action on arrearages of
support payments of either the local law of this state or of the state which issued the foreign
support order, whichever provides the longer period of time.
Source: Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 62
Foster Care
In re Interest of Antonio S. & Priscilla S., 270 Neb. 792, 708 N.W.2d 614 (2005)
Generally, custody of a minor ward is an incident of guardianship.
Where a guardianship is established under the Nebraska Juvenile Code as a means
of providing permanency for adjudicated children who have been in the temporary
custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, custody is necessarily
transferred from the department to the appointed guardian(s) by operation of law.
Guardianship of Minors
§ 30-2605 Status of guardian of minor; general.
A person becomes a guardian of a minor by acceptance of a testamentary appointment or upon
appointment by the court. The guardianship status continues until terminated, without regard to
the location from time to time of the guardian and minor ward.
Source: Laws 1974, LB 354, § 223, UPC § 5-201.
§ 30-2606 Testamentary appointment of guardian of minor; notice.
The parent of a minor may appoint by will a guardian of an unmarried minor. Subject to the right
of the minor under section 30-2607, a testamentary appointment becomes effective upon filing
the guardian's acceptance in the court in which the will is probated if, before acceptance, both
parents are dead or the surviving parent is adjudged incapacitated. If both parents are dead, an
effective appointment by the parent who died later has priority. This state recognizes a
testamentary appointment effected by filing the guardian's acceptance under a will probated in
another state which is the testator's domicile. Upon acceptance of appointment, written notice of
acceptance must be given by the guardian to the minor and to the person having his care, or to
his nearest adult relation.
Source: Laws 1974, LB 354, § 224, UPC § 5-202.
§ 30-2607 Objection by minor of fourteen or older to testamentary appointment.
A minor of fourteen or more years may prevent an appointment of his testamentary guardian
from becoming effective, or may cause a previously accepted appointment to terminate, by filing
with the court in which the will is probated a written objection to the appointment before it is
accepted or within thirty days after notice of its acceptance. An objection may be withdrawn. An
objection does not preclude appointment by the court in a proper proceeding of the testamentary
nominee, or any other suitable person.
Source: Laws 1974, LB 354, § 225, UPC § 5-203.
§ 30-2608 Natural guardians; court appointment of guardian of minor; standby guardian;
conditions for appointment; child born out of wedlock; additional considerations; filings.
(a) The father and mother are the natural guardians of their minor children and are duly entitled
to their custody and to direct their education, being themselves competent to transact their own
business and not otherwise unsuitable. If either dies or is disqualified for acting, or has
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