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Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska

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proceedings. Outside of statutory procedures imposing a different standard, it is the<br />

complainant’s burden to prove civil contempt by clear and convincing evidence.<br />

See Spady v. Spady, 284 Neb. 885 (December 2012)<br />

District court found obligated parent in civil contempt for failure to pay alimony, despite the<br />

fact the parent failed to personally appear at the contempt hearing. The Supreme Court<br />

upheld the contempt finding on other grounds.<br />

State ex rel. Bonner v. McSwine, 14 Neb. App. 486, 709 N.W.2d 691 (2006)<br />

A finding that a judgment debtor is not in contempt does not discharge or otherwise<br />

impair the underlying judgment for child support. (Duh!)<br />

Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1613 (Reissue 2004), in any and all cases referred<br />

to a child support referee by the district court, the parties shall have the right to<br />

take exceptions to the findings and recommendations made by the referee and to<br />

have a further hearing before the district court for final disposition.<br />

Turner v. Rogers et al., U.S. Supreme Court (June 2011) – (See Constitutional law)<br />

Corporations<br />

Gangwish v. Gangwish, 267 Neb. 901, 678 N.W.2d 503 (2004)<br />

While building equity in a corporation in lieu of taking salary can be a wise business<br />

decision, the “’support of one’s children is a fundamental obligation which takes<br />

precedence over almost everything else.<br />

It would simply be inequitable for the children to suffer because of the father’s<br />

decision to build value in the corporation by depressing his salary.<br />

Courts must consider, in addition to looking at the noncustodial parent’s reported<br />

income, (1) the in-kind benefits, e.g., perquisites, that the parent received from the<br />

corporation; (2) the corporation’s depreciation expenses; and (3) with due regard for<br />

business realities, the amount of the corporation’s income which should equitably<br />

have been attributed to the parent.<br />

Criminal Non-<strong>Support</strong> & Related<br />

§ 28-706 Criminal Non-<strong>Support</strong>; penalty; exceptions.<br />

(1) Any person who intentionally fails, refuses, or neglects to provide proper support which he<br />

or she knows or reasonably should know he or she is legally obliged to provide to a spouse,<br />

minor child, minor stepchild, or other dependent commits criminal nonsupport.<br />

(2) …<br />

(3) <strong>Support</strong> includes, but is not limited to, food, clothing, medical care, and shelter.<br />

(4) A designation of assets for or use of income by an individual in accordance with section 68-<br />

922 shall be considered just cause for failure to use such assets or income to provide medical<br />

support of such individual’s spouse.<br />

(5) This section does not exclude any applicable civil remedy.<br />

(6) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, criminal nonsupport is a Class II<br />

misdemeanor.<br />

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