Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
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(1) An obligor's duty to pay child support for a child terminates when (a) the child<br />
reaches nineteen years of age, (b) the child marries, (c) the child dies, or (d) the child is<br />
emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction, unless the court order for child support<br />
specifically extends child support after such circumstances.<br />
(2) The termination of child support does not relieve the obligor from the duty to pay any<br />
unpaid child support obligations owed or in arrears.<br />
(3) The obligor may provide written application for termination of a child support order<br />
when the child being supported reaches nineteen years of age, marries, dies, or is otherwise<br />
emancipated. The application shall be filed with the clerk of the district court where child<br />
support was ordered. A certified copy of the birth certificate, marriage license, death certificate,<br />
or court order of emancipation or an abstract of marriage as defined in section 71-601.01 shall<br />
accompany the application for termination of the child support. The clerk of the district court<br />
shall send notice of the filing of the child support termination application to the last-known<br />
address of the obligee. The notice shall inform the obligee that if he or she does not file a written<br />
objection within thirty days after the date the notice was mailed, child support may be terminated<br />
without further notice. The court shall terminate child support if no written objection has been<br />
filed within thirty days after the date the clerk's notice to the obligee was mailed, the forms and<br />
procedures have been complied with, and the court believes that a hearing on the matter is not<br />
required.<br />
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Source: Laws 1997, LB 58, § 1; Laws 2000, LB 972, § 16; Laws 2006, LB 1115, § 30.<br />
§43-504. “(1) The term dependent child shall mean a child under the age of nineteen years<br />
majority or a child who is under the age of nineteen years who is living with a relative or with a<br />
caretaker who is the child’s legal guardian or conservator . . ..”<br />
§43-289. The marriage of any juvenile committed to a state institution under the age of nineteen<br />
years shall not make such juvenile of the age of majority.<br />
Source: Laws 1981, LB 346, § 45; Laws 1985, LB 447, § 26; Laws 1986, LB 1177, § 18; Laws 1989, LB<br />
182, § 15; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 141.<br />
§43-2101. Persons declared minors; marriage, effect.<br />
All persons under nineteen years of age are declared to be minors, but in case any person marries<br />
under the age of nineteen years, his or her minority ends.<br />
Source: Laws 1988, LB 790, § 6.<br />
Groseth v. Groseth, 257 Neb. 525, 600 N.W.2d 159 (1999)<br />
The age of majority is a “nonmodifiable” provision of a support order when a<br />
responding state is modifying a support order issued in another state. See, also,<br />
Unif. Interstate Family <strong>Support</strong> Act, § 611<br />
In re Petition of Anonymous 3, a minor, 279 Neb. 912, 782 N.W.2d 591 (2010)<br />
Emancipation means the freeing of the child from the care, custody, control, and<br />
service of his or her parents.<br />
The emancipation of a minor may be proved by circumstantial evidence or may be<br />
implied from the conduct of the parties.<br />
Either acts solely initiated and performed by a minor child or acts of a parent<br />
inconsistent with the performance of parental obligations may effectuate a minor’s<br />
emancipation.<br />
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