Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
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Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Maryland*, Massachusetts, New<br />
Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Washington State*. (* not yet effective)<br />
California also recognizes the 18,000 same sex marriages that were performed in the<br />
Golden Bear State before the state law changed to stop same sex marriage in 2008. In addition,<br />
a federal court has declared that the California initiative blocking same sex marriages violates<br />
the federal constitution. That is now on a trajectory to be appealed to a panel of the 9 th Federal<br />
Circuit in December, 2010.<br />
Massachusetts approved same sex marriage in 2005. Iowa began issuing same sex<br />
marriage licenses in April 2009 (some 13,000 couples were married in the first year).<br />
Connecticut also began issuing licenses in early 2009. California’s judicial marriage ruling was<br />
rescinded by popular vote in 2008, however it is now on appeal in the federal court system on an<br />
equal protection argument. NY rejected such legislation in December 2009. Maryland’s<br />
attorney general has decided that the Old Line State will also recognize such marriages when<br />
performed elsewhere. In addition, eight states:<br />
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, N.H.,<br />
N.J., Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington State, have approved full civil union<br />
legislation that has many (or all) of the same effects of marriage for same sex (and in some<br />
instances opposite sex) couples. California’s Supreme Court ruled in May, 2009 that while the<br />
voters could restrict the word “marriage” to unions of one man and one woman, homosexual<br />
couples must be afforded all the rights and privileges associated with the institution of marriage,<br />
just under another name, such as “civil union.”<br />
No one really knows how that will play out on an interstate basis. In addition, about two<br />
dozen foreign nations recognize either same sex civil unions or marriages, or both (this number<br />
seemingly increases by the month). Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands,<br />
Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and portions of Mexico apply their marriage<br />
laws equally to all citizens. A list of nations that <strong>Nebraska</strong> maintains reciprocity with can be<br />
found under the “Reciprocity” subject heading.<br />
The reader is advised to verify the status of any same sex marriage or civil union<br />
performed outside <strong>Nebraska</strong> through independent sources, as this is the most fluid area of family<br />
law at the present time.<br />
Hills v. State, 61 Neb. 589, 85 N.W. 836 (1901)<br />
If marriage is valid where celebrated, it is valid in this state.<br />
Second Families/Step-parents<br />
Brooks v. Brooks, 261 Neb. 289, 622 N.W.2d 670 (2001)<br />
We conclude that there is no precise mathematical formula applicable to situations<br />
where a court deviates from the guidelines when children from subsequent<br />
relationships are involved. Subsequent familial relationships vary widely from case to<br />
case. When a deviation from the guidelines is appropriate, the trial court should<br />
consider both parents’ support obligations to all children involved in the<br />
relationships. In considering the obligation to those subsequent children, the trial<br />
court should take into consideration the income of the other parent of these children<br />
as well as any other equitable considerations.<br />
We hold that the specific formula for making such calculations is left to the discretion<br />
of the trial court, as long as the basic principle that both families are treated as fairly<br />
as possible is adhered to. We again emphasize that the trial court shall include the<br />
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