Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

To constitute a final, appealable order…, the case must involve an order which
affects a substantial right in an action and which determines the action and prevents
a judgment. O’Connor v. Kaufman, 255 Neb. 120, 582 N.W.2d 350 (1998); Hake v.
Hake, 8 Neb. App. 376, 594 N.W.2d 648 (1999). Such an order must dispose of the
whole merits of the case and must leave nothing for further consideration of the
court, and thus, the order is final when no further action of the court is required to
dispose of the pending cause; however, if the cause is retained for further action, the
order is interlocutory.
Wharton v. Jackson, 107 Neb. 288, 185 N.W. 428 (1921)
[J]urisdiction of the court in matters relating to divorce and alimony is given by
statute, and every power exercised by the court in reference thereto must look to the
statute or it does not exist. [Citation omitted.] We cannot change it; we must
therefore take the decree as we find it, inasmuch as the interested parties have
made no move to change it but have treated it as final.
Juvenile Court
Many headaches are caused in attorneys when juvenile courts become involved in matters
previously governed by county or district courts.
§ 42-348. Proceedings; where brought; transfer of proceedings; orders; how treated.
All proceedings under sections 42-347 to 42-381 shall be brought in the district court of the
county in which one of the parties resides. Proceedings may be transferred to a separate juvenile
court or county court sitting as a juvenile court which has acquired jurisdiction pursuant to
section 43-2,113. Certified copies of orders filed with the clerk of the court pursuant to such
section shall be treated in the same manner as similar orders issued by the court.
Source: Laws 1972, LB 820, § 2; Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 9; Laws 1996, LB 1296, § 10;
Laws 1997, LB 229, § 8.
In the Interest of Ethan M., 18 Neb.App. 63, 774 N.W.2d 766 (2009)
We begin by noting that a county court sitting as a juvenile court has the power to
conduct a child custody modification proceeding because it has been granted
subject matter jurisdiction to do so. Pursuant to 2008 Neb. Laws, L.B. 280, the
Legislature modified the jurisdiction of juvenile courts and county courts sitting as
juvenile courts so that these courts could exercise jurisdiction over custody matters
when the court already has jurisdiction over the juvenile for another purpose. See
Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 24-517, 25-2740, and 43-247 (Reissue 2008). In this regard, § 25-
2740(3) provides that “a county court or separate juvenile court which already has
jurisdiction over the child whose paternity or custody is to be determined has
jurisdiction over such paternity or custody determination.” Pursuant to § 25-
2740(1)(b), a custody determination is defined as a proceeding “to determine
custody of a child under [Neb.Rev.Stat. § ] 42-364 [ (Reissue 2008) ].” Neb.Rev.Stat.
§ 42-364 (Reissue 2008) pertains to custody actions including those involving “
[m]odification proceedings.” Prior to the passage of L.B. 280, juvenile courts and
county courts sitting as juvenile courts did not have subject matter jurisdiction over
such proceedings.
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