Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

[J]urisdiction is the inherent power or authority to decide a case. See Chicago
Lumber Co. v. School Dist. No. 71, 227 Neb. 355, 417 N.W.2d 757 (1988)
“Jurisdiction of the subject matter” means the authority to hear and determine both
the class of actions to which the action before the court belongs and the particular
question which it assumes to decide. State v. Smith, 269 Neb. 773, 779, 696 N.W.2d
871, 879 (2005).
In Jones v. State, 175 Neb. 711, 717, 123 N.W.2d 633, 637 (1963), the court said:
The jurisdiction of a state to regulate the custody of an infant found within its territory
does not depend upon the domicile of the parents. It has its origin in the protection
that is due to the incompetent or helpless. As we said in [In re Application of Reed,
152 Neb. 819, 43 N.W.2d 161 (1950)]: “The jurisdiction of a state to regulate the custody
of infants found within its territory does not depend upon the domicile of the child,
but it arises out of the power that every sovereignty possesses as parens patriae to
every child within its borders to determine its status and the custody that will best
meet its needs and wants, and residence within the state suffices even though the
domicile may be in another jurisdiction.”
[N]either the domicile of the parent nor that of the child is determinative of the
court’s subject matter jurisdiction.
“in a proceeding under the Nebraska Juvenile Code, the State is not required to
prove proper venue.”
[W]e construe the Nebraska Juvenile Code liberally to accomplish its purpose of
serving the best interests of the juveniles who fall within it. See In re Interest of
Gabriela H., 280 Neb. 284, 785 N.W.2d 843 (2010).
J & H Swine v. Hartington Concrete*, 12 Neb. App. 885, 687 N.W.2d 9 (2004)
Rule: Timing is everything. This case, if anything, may teach the necessity for patience.
For an appellate court to acquire jurisdiction of an appeal, there must be a final
order entered by the court from which the appeal is taken; conversely, an appellate
court is without jurisdiction to entertain appeals from nonfinal orders.
A notice of appeal filed before the trial court announced a “decision or final order”
within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1912(2) (Cum. Supp. 2002) in final
determination of an issue of costs cannot relate forward.
Lamb v. Lamb, 14 Neb. App. 337, 707 N.W.2d 423 (2005)
The Nebraska Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) does not confer subject
matter jurisdiction upon a Nebraska court to modify a child support order issued by
another state.
This case also includes a good discussion of the differences between UIFSA and the UCCJA
Molczyk v. Molczyk, 285 Neb. 96, ____ N.W.2d ____, (January 2013)
Jurisdiction, Jurisdiction. Who has the jurisdiction?
Under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-348 (Reissue 2008), a plaintiff can commence a marital
dissolution action in the district court of any county in which one of the parties
resides.
Under the doctrine of jurisdictional priority, when different state courts have
concurrent original jurisdiction over the same subject matter, basic principles of
judicial administration require that the first court to acquire jurisdiction should retain it
to the exclusion of another court. That is, a second court lacks jurisdiction over the
same matter involving the same parties.
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