Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

(b) If the court orders income withholding regardless of whether or not payments are in arrears
pursuant to section 43-1718.01 or 43-1718.02,the statement in this subsection may be altered to
read as follows:
In the event that the (plaintiff or defendant) fails to pay any child, medical, or spousal support
payment, as such failure is certified each month by the State Disbursement Unit in cases in
which court-ordered support is delinquent in an amount equal to the support due and payable for
a one-month period of time, he or she may be required to appear in court on a date to be
determined by the court and show cause why such payment was not made. In the event that the
(plaintiff or defendant) fails to pay and appear as ordered, a warrant shall be issued for his or her
arrest.
Source: Laws 1983, LB 371, § 9; ; Laws 1984, LB 845, § 30; ; Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 17; ;
Laws 1993, LB 523, § 1; ; Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 45; ; Laws 2000, LB 972, § 13; ; Laws 2004, LB
1207, § 27; ; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 36; ; Laws 2007, LB296, § 59; ; Laws 2008, LB1014, § 34.
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Reciprocity/ International Law & Related
I. Overview
42-721 Attorney General; powers.
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(b) The Attorney General may determine that a foreign country or political subdivision has
established a reciprocal arrangement for child
support with this state and take appropriate action
for notification of the determination.
Source: Laws 1993, LB 500, § 21; Laws 2003, LB
148, § 61.
If you work child support long enough you
will encounter cases with parents and minor
children living in and being citizens of foreign
countries. When the NCP resides in your
jurisdiction it may fall to your court to either
establish an order of paternity and/or order for
support, or to register a foreign support order for purposes of enforcement or modification. The
general methods of doing so remain the same when dealing with foreign parties, but you will
encounter all sorts of additional “issues”, including document interpretation, language barriers,
time zone issues (email does wonders in that regard), differing methods of obtaining service of
process, currency conversion issues and generalized issues relating to differing levels of social
services found in other countries. For example, in much of Europe single parents automatically
qualify for government cash benefits, which allows a single parent not to have to work. Free
universal health insurance is also the norm in many other nations (lucky them!).
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