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NE Code § 43-4510 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4510 - Court-appointed attorney; continuation of guardian ad litem; independence coordinator; duties; notice; court appointed special advocate volunteer.

43-4510.  Court-appointed attorney; continuation of guardian ad litem; independence coordinator; duties; notice; court appointed special advocate volunteer.(1) If desired by the young adult, the young adult shall be provided a court-appointed attorney who has received training appropriate to the role. The attorney's representation of the young adult shall be client-directed. The attorney shall protect the young adult's legal rights and vigorously advocate for the young adult's wishes and goals, including assisting the young adult as necessary to ensure that the bridge to independence program is providing the young adult with the services and support required under the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act. For young adults who were appointed a guardian ad litem before the young adult attained the age of eligibility, the guardian ad litem's appointment may be continued, with consent from the young adult, but under a client-directed model of representation. Before entering into a voluntary services and support agreement and at least sixty days prior to each permanency and case review, the independence coordinator shall notify the young adult of his or her right to request a client-directed attorney if the young adult would like an attorney to be appointed and shall provide the young adult with a clear and developmentally appropriate written notice regarding the young adult's right to request a client-directed attorney, the benefits and role of such attorney, and the specific steps to take to request that an attorney be appointed if the young adult would like an attorney appointed.(2) The court has discretion to appoint a court appointed special advocate volunteer or continue the appointment of a previously appointed court appointed special advocate volunteer with the consent of the young adult.Source  Laws 2013, LB216, § 10;  Laws 2014, LB853, § 40;  Laws 2020, LB848, § 6.   Operative Date: July 1, 2021
NE Code § 43-4511 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4511 - Extended guardianship assistance and medical care; eligibility; use.

43-4511.  Extended guardianship assistance and medical care; eligibility; use.(1) The department shall provide extended guardianship assistance and medical care under the medical assistance program for a young adult who has attained the age of eligibility but is less than twenty-one years of age and with respect to whom a kinship guardianship assistance agreement was in effect pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 673 if the young adult had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective or with respect to whom a state-funded guardianship assistance agreement was in effect if the young adult had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective and if the young adult meets at least one of the following conditions for eligibility:(a) The young adult is completing secondary education or an educational program leading to an equivalent credential;(b) The young adult is enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or vocational education;(c) The young adult is employed for at least eighty hours per month;(d) The young adult is participating in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment; or(e) The young adult is incapable of doing any part of the activities in subdivisions (1)(a) through (d) of this section due to a medical condition, which incapacity must be supported by regularly updated information in the case plan of the young adult.(2) The guardian shall ensure that any guardianship assistance funds provided by the department and received by the guardian shall be used for the benefit of the young adult. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations defining services and supports encompassed by such benefit.(3) The changes made to this section by Laws 2015, LB243, become operative on July 1, 2015.Source  Laws 2013, LB216, § 11;  Laws 2014, LB853, § 41;  Laws 2015, LB243, § 20;  Laws 2020, LB848, § 7.   Operative Date: July 1, 2021
NE Code § 43-4511.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4511.01 - Participation in extended guardianship or bridge to independence program; participation in extended adoption assistance or bridge to independence program; choice of participant; notice; contents; department; duties.

43-4511.01.  Participation in extended guardianship or bridge to independence program; participation in extended adoption assistance or bridge to independence program; choice of participant; notice; contents; department; duties.(1)(a) Young adults who are eligible to participate under both extended guardianship assistance as provided in section 43-4511 and the bridge to independence program as provided in subdivision (2)(b) of section 43-4504 may choose to participate in either program.(b) Young adults who are eligible to participate under both extended adoption assistance as provided in section 43-4512 and the bridge to independence program as provided in subdivision (2)(b) of section 43-4504 may choose to participate in either program.(2) The department shall create a clear and developmentally appropriate written notice discussing the rights of young adults who are eligible under both extended guardianship assistance and the bridge to independence program and a notice for young adults who are eligible under both extended adoption assistance and the bridge to independence program. The notice shall explain the benefits and responsibilities and the process to apply. The department shall provide the written notice and make efforts to provide a verbal explanation to a young adult with respect to whom a kinship guardianship assistance agreement or an adoption assistance agreement was in effect pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 673 if the young adult had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective or with respect to whom a state-funded guardianship assistance agreement or state-funded adoption assistance agreement was in effect if the young adult had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective. The department shall provide the notice yearly thereafter until such young adult reaches nineteen years of age and not later than ninety days prior to the young adult attaining nineteen years of age.Source  Laws 2015, LB243, § 21;  Laws 2019, LB600, § 13.
NE Code § 43-4512 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4512 - Extended adoption assistance and medical care; eligibility; use.

43-4512.  Extended adoption assistance and medical care; eligibility; use.(1) The department shall provide extended adoption assistance and medical care under the medical assistance program for a young adult who has attained the age of eligibility but is less than twenty-one years of age and with respect to whom an adoption assistance agreement was in effect if the young adult had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective and who meets at least one of the following conditions of eligibility:(a) The young adult is completing secondary education or an educational program leading to an equivalent credential;(b) The young adult is enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or vocational education;(c) The young adult is employed for at least eighty hours per month;(d) The young adult is participating in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment; or(e) The young adult is incapable of doing any part of the activities in subdivisions (1)(a) through (d) of this section due to a medical condition, which incapacity must be supported by regularly updated information in the case plan of the young adult.(2) The adoptive parent or parents shall ensure that any adoption assistance funds provided by the department and received by the adoptive parent shall be used for the benefit of the young adult. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations defining services and supports encompassed by such benefit.Source  Laws 2013, LB216, § 12;  Laws 2014, LB853, § 42;  Laws 2015, LB243, § 22;  Laws 2020, LB848, § 8.   Operative Date: July 1, 2021
NE Code § 43-4513 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4513 - Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee; created; members; terms; duties; report; contents.

43-4513.  Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee; created; members; terms; duties; report; contents.(1) The Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee is created within the Nebraska Children's Commission to advise and make recommendations to the Legislature and the Nebraska Children's Commission regarding ongoing implementation of the bridge to independence program, extended guardianship assistance described in section 43-4511, and extended adoption assistance described in section 43-4512. The Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee shall provide a written report regarding ongoing implementation, including participation in the bridge to independence program, extended guardianship assistance described in section 43-4511, and extended adoption assistance described in section 43-4512 and early discharge rates and reasons obtained from the department, to the Nebraska Children's Commission, the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature, the department, and the Governor by September 1 of each year. The report to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature shall be submitted electronically.(2) The members of the Bridge to Independence Advisory Committee shall include, but not be limited to, (a) representatives from all three branches of government, and the representatives from the legislative and judicial branches of government shall be nonvoting, ex officio members, (b) no less than three young adults currently or previously in foster care, which may be filled on a rotating basis by members of Project Everlast or a similar youth support or advocacy group, (c) one or more representatives from a child welfare advocacy organization, (d) one or more representatives from a child welfare service agency, and (e) one or more representatives from an agency providing independent living services.(3) Members of the committee shall be appointed for terms of two years. The Nebraska Children's Commission shall appoint the chairperson of the committee and may fill vacancies on the committee as they occur.Source  Laws 2013, LB216, § 13;  Laws 2014, LB853, § 43;  Laws 2015, LB243, § 23;  Laws 2018, LB732, § 4;  Laws 2019, LB600, § 14.
NE Code § 43-4514 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4514 - Department; submit amended state plan amendment to seek federal funding; department; duties; rules and regulations; references to United States Code; how construed.

43-4514.  Department; submit amended state plan amendment to seek federal funding; department; duties; rules and regulations; references to United States Code; how construed.(1) The department shall submit an amended state plan amendment by October 15, 2019, to seek federal Title IV-E funding under 42 U.S.C. 672 for any newly eligible young adult who was adjudicated to be a juvenile described in subdivision (8) of section 43-247 if such young adult's guardianship or state-funded adoption assistance agreement was disrupted or terminated after the young adult had attained the age of sixteen years and for any newly eligible young adult with respect to whom an adoption assistance agreement was in effect pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 673 if the child had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective or with respect to whom a state-funded adoption assistance agreement was in effect if the child had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective pursuant to subdivision (2)(b) of section 43-4504.(2) The department shall implement the bridge to independence program, extended guardianship assistance described in section 43-4511, and extended adoption assistance described in section 43-4512 in accordance with the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, 42 U.S.C. 673 and 42 U.S.C. 675(8)(B) and in accordance with requirements necessary to obtain federal Title IV-E funding under 42 U.S.C. 672 and 42 U.S.C. 673.(3) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as needed to carry out this section by October 15, 2015.(4) All references to the United States Code in the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act refer to sections of the code as such sections existed on January 1, 2015.Source  Laws 2013, LB216, § 14;  Laws 2014, LB853, § 44;  Laws 2015, LB243, § 24;  Laws 2019, LB600, § 15.
NE Code § 43-4601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4601 - Act, how cited.

43-4601.  Act, how cited.Sections 43-4601 to 43-4630 shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 1.
NE Code § 43-4603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4603 - Remedies for noncompliance.

43-4603.  Remedies for noncompliance.In addition to other remedies under the law of this state other than the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, if a court finds that a party to a proceeding under the act has acted in bad faith or intentionally failed to comply with the act or a court order issued under the act, the court may assess reasonable attorney's fees and costs against the party and order other appropriate relief.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 3.
NE Code § 43-4604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4604 - Jurisdiction.

43-4604.  Jurisdiction.(a) A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility under the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act only if the court has jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.(b) If a court has issued a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility pursuant to sections 43-4613 to 43-4623, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for the purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act during the deployment.(c) If a court has issued a permanent order regarding custodial responsibility before notice of deployment and the parents modify that order temporarily by agreement pursuant to sections 43-4608 to 43-4612, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for the purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.(d) If a court in another state has issued a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility as a result of impending or current deployment, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for the purposes of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.(e) This section does not prevent a court from exercising temporary emergency jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 4. Cross References  Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, see section 43-1226.
NE Code § 43-4605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4605 - Notification required of deploying parent.

43-4605.  Notification required of deploying parent.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and subject to subsection (c) of this section, a deploying parent shall notify in a record the other parent of a pending deployment not later than seven days after receiving notice of deployment unless reasonably prevented from doing so by the circumstances of service. If the circumstances of service prevent giving notification within the seven days, the deploying parent shall give the notification as soon as reasonably possible.(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and subject to subsection (c) of this section, each parent shall provide in a record the other parent with a plan for fulfilling that parent's share of custodial responsibility during deployment. Each parent shall provide the plan as soon as reasonably possible after notification of deployment is given under subsection (a) of this section.(c) If a court order currently in effect prohibits disclosure of the address or contact information of the other parent, notification of deployment under subsection (a) of this section, or notification of a plan for custodial responsibility during deployment under subsection (b) of this section, may be made only to the issuing court. If the address of the other parent is available to the issuing court, the court shall forward the notification to the other parent. The court shall keep confidential the address or contact information of the other parent.(d) Notification in a record under subsection (a) or (b) of this section is not required if the parents are living in the same residence and both parents have actual notice of the deployment or plan.(e) In a proceeding regarding custodial responsibility, a court may consider the reasonableness of a parent's efforts to comply with this section.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 5.
NE Code § 43-4606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4606 - Duty to notify of change of address.

43-4606.  Duty to notify of change of address.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual to whom custodial responsibility has been granted during deployment pursuant to sections 43-4608 to 43-4612 or 43-4613 to 43-4623 shall notify the deploying parent and any other individual with custodial responsibility of a child of any change of the individual's mailing address or residence until the grant is terminated. The individual shall provide the notice to any court that has issued a custody or child support order concerning the child which is in effect.(b) If a court order currently in effect prohibits disclosure of the address or contact information of an individual to whom custodial responsibility has been granted, a notification under subsection (a) of this section may be made only to the court that issued the order. The court shall keep confidential the mailing address or residence of the individual to whom custodial responsibility has been granted.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 6.
NE Code § 43-4607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4607 - General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service.

43-4607.  General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service.In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of a service member, a court may not consider a parent's past deployment or possible future deployment in itself in determining the best interest of the child but may consider any significant impact on the best interest of the child of the parent's past or possible future deployment.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 7.
NE Code § 43-4608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4608 - Form of agreement.

43-4608.  Form of agreement.(a) The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement under sections 43-4608 to 43-4612 granting custodial responsibility during deployment.(b) An agreement under subsection (a) of this section must be:(1) in writing; and(2) signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial responsibility is granted.(c) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, an agreement under subsection (a) of this section, if feasible, must:(1) identify the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment that is the basis for the agreement;(2) specify the allocation of caretaking authority among the deploying parent, the other parent, and any nonparent;(3) specify any decisionmaking authority that accompanies a grant of caretaking authority;(4) specify any grant of limited contact to a nonparent;(5) if under the agreement custodial responsibility is shared by the other parent and a nonparent, or by other nonparents, provide a process to resolve any dispute that may arise;(6) specify the frequency, duration, and means, including electronic means, by which the deploying parent will have contact with the child, any role to be played by the other parent in facilitating the contact, and the allocation of any costs of contact;(7) specify the contact between the deploying parent and child during the time the deploying parent is on leave or is otherwise available;(8) acknowledge that any party's child-support obligation cannot be modified by the agreement, and that changing the terms of the obligation during deployment requires modification in the appropriate court;(9) provide that the agreement will terminate according to the procedures under sections 43-4624 to 43-4627 after the deploying parent returns from deployment; and(10) if the agreement must be filed pursuant to section 43-4612, specify which parent is required to file the agreement.(d) The omission of any of the items specified in subsection (c) of this section does not invalidate an agreement under this section.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 8.
NE Code § 43-4609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4609 - Nature of authority created by agreement.

43-4609.  Nature of authority created by agreement.(a) An agreement under sections 43-4608 to 43-4612 is temporary and terminates pursuant to sections 43-4624 to 43-4627 after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the agreement has been terminated before that time by court order or modification under section 43-4610. The agreement does not create an independent, continuing right to caretaking authority, decisionmaking authority, or limited contact in an individual to whom custodial responsibility is given.(b) A nonparent who has caretaking authority, decisionmaking authority, or limited contact by an agreement under sections 43-4608 to 43-4612 has standing to enforce the agreement until it has been terminated by court order, by modification under section 43-4610, or under sections 43-4624 to 43-4627.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 9.
NE Code § 43-4610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4610 - Modification of agreement.

43-4610.  Modification of agreement.(a) By mutual consent, the parents of a child may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to sections 43-4608 to 43-4612.(b) If an agreement is modified under subsection (a) of this section before deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be in writing and signed by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.(c) If an agreement is modified under subsection (a) of this section during deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be agreed to in a record by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 10.
NE Code § 43-4611 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-4611 - Power of attorney.

43-4611.  Power of attorney.A deploying parent, by power of attorney, may delegate all or part of custodial responsibility to an adult nonparent for the period of deployment if no other parent possesses custodial responsibility under law of this state other than the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, or if a court order currently in effect prohibits contact between the child and the other parent. The deploying parent may revoke the power of attorney by signing a revocation of the power.Source Laws 2015, LB219, § 11.