Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

Afterborn Children
Brooks v. Brooks, 261 Neb. 289, 622 N.W.2d 670 (2001)
There is no precise mathematical formula for calculating child support when subsequent
children are involved.
The calculation is left to the discretion of the court as long as the court considered
the obligations to both families and the income of the other parent of the subsequent
children.
Crawford v. Crawford, 263 Neb. 37, 638 N.W.2d 505 (2002)
in considering whether to deviate from the child support guidelines based on an
order of support for a subsequent child, the trial court must have before it the
calculations and any worksheets used to determine the child support order for the
subsequent child. Without the actual figures, a court cannot properly determine
whether application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a given
case, nor can it determine the best interests of the children.
Prochaska v. Prochaska, 6 Neb. App. 302, 573 N.W.2d 777 (1998)
Very good discussion of the relationship between an obligor’s child support
obligation to children of his first marriage and his obligation to after born children of
his present marriage, and a roadmap for how to properly give credit for those
children.
Appellate Practice/Standard of Review
(see also Civil Procedure, Jurisdiction)
25-1902 Final order, defined.
An order affecting a substantial right in an action, when such order in effect determines the
action and prevents a judgment, and an order affecting a substantial right made in a special
proceeding, or upon a summary application in an action after judgment, is a final order which
may be vacated, modified or reversed, as provided in this chapter.
Source: R.S.1867, Code § 581, p. 496; R.S.1913, § 8176; C.S.1922, § 9128; C.S.1929, § 20-1902.
See generally § 25-1912 Appeal; civil and criminal actions; procedure; notice of appeal;
docketing fee; filing of transcript.
(3) The proceedings to obtain a reversal, vacation, or modification of judgments and decrees
rendered or final orders made by the district court, including judgments and sentences
upon convictions for felonies and misdemeanors, shall be by filing in the office of the
clerk of the district court in which such judgment, decree, or final order was rendered,
within thirty days after the entry of such judgment, decree, or final order, a notice of
intention to prosecute such appeal signed by the appellant or appellants or his, her, or
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