Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
Child Support Enforcement - Sarpy County Nebraska
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[T]he duration of the support obligation remains fixed despite the subsequent<br />
residence of all parties in a new state with a different duration of child support.<br />
Wulff v. Wulff, 243 Neb. 616, 500 N.W.2d 845 (1993)<br />
Whether there has been an emancipation is a question of fact, but what is emancipation<br />
is a question of law.<br />
Emancipation is not necessarily a continuing status; even if once established, it<br />
may be terminated at any time during the child’s minority.<br />
A minor child giving birth may be one factor to be considered in the determination<br />
of whether a minor has achieved a new status or position inconsistent with parental<br />
control, but should not alone be dispositive.<br />
24A Am. Jur. 2d Divorce and Separation § 1042 (1998)<br />
[a] child who is attending college full-time, living with a parent during vacations<br />
and holidays, and who is employed only in the summer, is not emancipated.<br />
Likewise, a child who lives away from home but whose parents pay a substantial<br />
amount of money for medical and educational expenses and independent-living<br />
arrangements is not emancipated.<br />
Equity, Equitable Estoppel, Equitable Credit/”Overpayments”<br />
(See also <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Support</strong> & Related, Social Security)<br />
Berg v. Hayworth, 238 Neb 527, 471 N.W.2d 435 (1991) Permits equitable credits<br />
Bock v. Dalbey, 283 Neb. 984, ____ N.W.2d ____ (June 2012)<br />
when a statute provides an adequate remedy at law, equity will not entertain<br />
jurisdiction, and a party must exhaust the statutory remedy before it may resort to<br />
equity. [citing Teadtke v. Havranek, 279 Neb. 284, 777 N.W.2d 810 (2010)]<br />
Cotton v. Cotton, 222 Neb. 306, 383 NW2d 739 (1986)<br />
A court has an inherent power to determine the status of its judgments. The district<br />
court may, on motion and satisfactory proof that a judgment had been fully paid or<br />
satisfied by the act of the parties thereto, order it discharged and canceled of record.<br />
Eliker v. Eliker, 206 Neb. 764, 295 N.W.2d 268 (1980)<br />
Courts are without authority to reduce the amount of accrued child support (absent<br />
equitable estoppel).<br />
Gress v. Gress; 257 Neb. 112; 596 N.W.2d 8 (1999) (Gress I)<br />
Hanthorn v. Hanthorn 236 Neb 225, 460 N.W.2d 650 (1990)<br />
Social Security payments made to a parent’s child on account of the parent’s<br />
disability should be considered as credits towards the parents’ court ordered<br />
obligation in the absence of circumstances making credit inequitable. Such benefit<br />
payments are the result of the obligor’s disability and are a substitute for the<br />
obligor’s loss of earning power and his or her obligation to pay for the support of his<br />
or her dependents.<br />
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