Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
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Guidelines Issues<br />
(Including sufficient and insufficient reasons for deviating from the guidelines —<br />
See also Modification Issues)<br />
Note: Minor tweaking of the <strong>Nebraska</strong>’s child support guidelines were approved July 13,<br />
and take effect Sept. 1, 2011. View Amendments<br />
Among the largest changes are:<br />
a change to Worksheet #1, adding cash medical support as a factor that adjusts<br />
a final child support award, much as the cost of dependent health insurance<br />
does;<br />
Birth related medical expenses remain uncollectable. “Health insurance” is now<br />
defined to include coverage for medical, dental, orthodontic, optometric, substance<br />
abuse, and mental health treatment;<br />
If a court orders a parent to pay cash medical support, it shall be in lieu of, and not<br />
in addition to, requiring the parent to also pay reimbursement for reasonable and<br />
necessary children's health care costs;<br />
If the child is residing with a third party, the court shall order each of the parents to<br />
pay to the third party their respective amounts of child support as determined by the<br />
worksheet.<br />
View <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Support</strong> Guidelines Worksheets and Income Shares Table<br />
§42-364.16 <strong>Child</strong> support guidelines; establishment; use.<br />
The Supreme Court shall provide by court rule, as a rebuttable presumption, guidelines for the<br />
establishment of all child support obligations. <strong>Child</strong> support shall be established in accordance<br />
with such guidelines, which guidelines are presumed to be in the best interests of the child,<br />
unless the court finds that one or both parties have produced sufficient evidence to rebut the<br />
presumption that the application of the guidelines will result in a fair and equitable child support<br />
order.<br />
Source: Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 18; Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 46.<br />
§ 4-203 of the <strong>Nebraska</strong> <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Support</strong> Guidelines specifically declares that: “All orders for<br />
child support, including modifications, must include a basic income and support calculation<br />
worksheet” from the child support guidelines. [This is now absolutely mandatory!!!]<br />
§ 4-203 of the <strong>Nebraska</strong> <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Support</strong> Guidelines also states, in part:<br />
All orders for child support obligations shall be established in accordance with the provisions<br />
of the guidelines unless the court finds that one or both parties have produced sufficient<br />
evidence to rebut the presumption that the guidelines should be applied. All stipulated<br />
agreements for child support must be reviewed against the guidelines and if a deviation exists<br />
and is approved by the court, specific findings giving the reason for the deviation must be<br />
made.<br />
√ Note: Attorney Kent Schroeder, of Kearney, produces a low cost CD <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Support</strong> Calculator program,<br />
which is easy to install and use on any Windows based computer. Contact Kent at kschroeder@nebraska.edu<br />
or 1-800-657-2131 for further information. Attorney Adam Astley, 402-344-4000, has also developed an Internet<br />
based program.<br />
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