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Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

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Effective January 1, 2013, the maximum weekly income benefit under the <strong>Nebraska</strong><br />

Workers’ Compensation Act is $728.00. This amount applies to work-related injuries<br />

and illnesses occurring on or after January 1, 2013. This amount equals 100 percent of<br />

the state average weekly wage as determined by the administrator of the <strong>Nebraska</strong><br />

Workers’ Compensation Court.<br />

An historic look at worker’s comp. benefit rates in <strong>Nebraska</strong> may be found at<br />

http://www.wcc.ne.gov/legal/benefits.pdf<br />

For more information regarding workers’ compensation in <strong>Nebraska</strong>, please call the<br />

<strong>Nebraska</strong> Workers’ Compensation Court information line at 800-599-5155 or 402-471-<br />

6468. The court’s Web site (www.wcc.ne.gov/) also contains information regarding the<br />

court’s operations.<br />

Note: Worker’s compensation benefits are subject to withholding for child support.<br />

Relevant recent legislation/policy news:<br />

§43-1724. Any employer or other payor who fails to withhold and remit any income of an<br />

obligor receiving income from the employer or other payor, after proper notice as<br />

provided in section 43-1723, shall be required to pay the certified amount to the State<br />

Disbursement Unit. The county attorney or authorized attorney may file an action in<br />

district court to enforce this section. The court may sanction an employer or other payor<br />

twenty-five dollars per day, up to five hundred dollars per incident, for failure to<br />

comply with proper notice.<br />

$25 Federal Pass-through – As part of federal deficit reduction legislation passed in<br />

2006, IV-D cases where the custodial parent does not receive TANF benefits are now<br />

subject to an annual $25 fee, based on the State fiscal year of Oct. 1 – Sept. 30. The<br />

updated CSE 60 form explains this new rule.<br />

UNIFORM DISTRICT COURT RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE<br />

for trial Courts<br />

§ 6-1504. Domestic relations cases.<br />

(A) All applications for temporary custody, support, and maintenance shall comply with<br />

<strong>Nebraska</strong> statutes.<br />

(B) All applications for temporary support and allowances shall be determined without<br />

testimony upon argument and affidavits setting forth information required by <strong>Nebraska</strong> <strong>Child</strong><br />

<strong>Support</strong> Guidelines and <strong>Nebraska</strong> statutes.<br />

(C) A properly completed Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics form shall be filed<br />

with each petition for dissolution of marriage, and no decree will be entered unless each<br />

form is completed in full.<br />

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