Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
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UIFSA Interstate & Related<br />
(See also Choice of Law & UIFSA)<br />
Arguably the most complex, confusing and frustrating, part of the work of a child support<br />
attorney comes in the area of UIFSA – The Uniform Interstate Family <strong>Support</strong> Act. Think of the<br />
saying “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” and you will get the idea. But you are no<br />
angel…. Familiarizing yourself with the statutes will help you a lot. Beware however, thousands<br />
of other child support offices across America may still not understand UIFSA, and that will be a<br />
constant source of frustration for those who do.<br />
See Generally §42-701 et seq<br />
Selected statutes follow:<br />
§ 42-705 Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident.<br />
(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of<br />
this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s<br />
guardian or conservator if:<br />
(1) The individual is personally served with notice within this state;<br />
(2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a general<br />
appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to<br />
personal jurisdiction;<br />
(3) The individual resided with the child in this state;<br />
(4) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;<br />
(5) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;<br />
(6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been<br />
conceived by that act of intercourse;<br />
(7) The individual asserted parentage in this state pursuant to section 43-104.02, 71-628,<br />
71-640.01, or 71-640.02 with the Department of Health and Human Services; or<br />
(8) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States<br />
for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.<br />
(b) The basis of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or in any other law<br />
of this state shall not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to<br />
modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 42-746 or<br />
42-747.03 are met.<br />
Source: Laws 1993, LB 500, § 5; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 101; Laws 2003, LB 148, § 46; Laws 2007,<br />
LB296, § 60.<br />
§ 42-709 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. .<br />
(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this<br />
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