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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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