Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

Any employer who shall fail or refuse to deliver earnings pursuant to an order to withhold and
transmit earnings, when such employer has had in its possession such earnings, shall be
personally liable for the amount of such earnings which the employer failed or refused to deliver,
together with costs, interest, and reasonable attorney's fees. Any employer who fails to notify in
writing the clerk of the court entering an order to withhold and transmit earnings of the
termination of the parent-employee and the name and address of the parent-employee's new
employer, if known, within thirty days after the termination of employment, may be punished by
the court for civil contempt. Any employer who dismisses, demotes, disciplines, or in any way
penalizes a parent-employee on account of any proceeding to collect child support, on account of
any order or orders entered by the court in such proceeding, or on account of the employer's
compliance with such order or orders, shall be liable to the parent-employee for all damages,
together with costs, interest thereon, and a reasonable attorney's fee, resulting from the
employer's action and may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction from continuing
such action. Any proceeding to punish an employer for contempt, to hold the employer liable for
earnings not withheld and transmitted, to hold the employer liable for actions taken against the
parent-employee, or to enjoin the employer from continuing such actions, must be commenced
within ninety days after the employer's act or failure to act upon which such proceeding is based.
Source: Laws 1974, LB 1015, § 17
§ 42-734.01 Employer’s compliance with income withholding order of another state.
(a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately
provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
(b) The employer shall treat an income withholding order issued in another state which appears
regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and section 42-734.02, the
employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by
complying with the terms of the order which specify:
(1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum
certain;
(2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be
forwarded;
(3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or
ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available
through the obligor’s employment;
(4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the
issuing tribunal, and the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain; and
(5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums
certain.
(d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of
employment for withholding from income with respect to:
(1) the employer’s fee for processing an income withholding order;
(2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s
income; and
(3) the times within which the employer shall implement the withholding
order and forward the child support payment.
Source: Laws 1997, LB 727, § 11; Laws 2003, LB 148, § 72.
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