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NE Code § 43-1721 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1721 - Hearing, when held.

43-1721.  Hearing, when held.If the obligor requests a hearing, the department shall hold a hearing, if required by section 43-1720, within fifteen days of the date of receipt of the request, and the hearing shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The assignment shall be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the hearing. The department shall notify the obligor and the county attorney or authorized attorney of its decision within fifteen days of the date the hearing is held.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 41;   Laws 1986, LB 600, § 4;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 30.  Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 43-1722 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1722 - Assignment; statement of amount.

43-1722.  Assignment; statement of amount.(1) If no hearing is requested by the obligor, (2) if after a hearing the department determines that the assignment should go into effect, (3) in cases in which the court has ordered income withholding pursuant to subsection (1) of section 43-1718.01, or (4) in cases in which the court has ordered income withholding pursuant to section 43-1718.02, which case subsequently becomes one in which services are being provided under Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department shall state the amount to be withheld from the obligor's disposable income. Such amount shall not in any case exceed the maximum amount permitted to be withheld under section 303(b) of the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. 1673(b)(2)(A) and (B), and the amount withheld, including interest, to satisfy an arrearage of child, spousal, or medical support or any monetary judgment when added to the amount withheld to pay current support and the fee provided for in section 43-1723 shall not exceed such maximum amount.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 42;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 31;   Laws 1993, LB 523, § 16;   Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 69;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 13;  Laws 2010, LB712, § 34.
NE Code § 43-1724 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1724 - Employer or other payor; failure to withhold and remit income; effect.

43-1724.  Employer or other payor; failure to withhold and remit income; effect.Any employer or other payor who fails to withhold and remit any income of an obligor receiving income from the employer or other payor, after proper notice as provided in section 43-1723, shall be required to pay the stated amount to the State Disbursement Unit. The county attorney or authorized attorney may file an action in district court to enforce this section. The court may sanction an employer or other payor twenty-five dollars per day, up to five hundred dollars per incident, for failure to comply with proper notice.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 44;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 33;   Laws 1993, LB 523, § 18;  Laws 2005, LB 116, § 20;  Laws 2010, LB712, § 36.
NE Code § 43-1725 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1725 - Employer or other payor; prohibited actions; penalty.

43-1725.  Employer or other payor; prohibited actions; penalty.An employer or other payor shall not use an income withholding notice or order or the possibility of income withholding as a basis for (1) discrimination in hiring, (2) demotion of an employee or payee, (3) disciplinary action against an employee or payee, or (4) termination of an employee or payee.Upon application by the county attorney or authorized attorney and after a hearing on the matter, the court may impose a civil fine of up to five hundred dollars for each violation of this section.An employer or other payor who violates this section may be required to make full restitution to the aggrieved employee or payee, including reinstatement and backpay.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 45;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 34;   Laws 1993, LB 523, § 19.
NE Code § 43-1726 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1726 - Notice to withhold income; termination; exception; procedure.

43-1726.  Notice to withhold income; termination; exception; procedure.When an obligor ceases employment with or is no longer entitled to income from an employer or other payor, the notice to withhold income shall not cease to operate against the obligor and income withholding shall continue to apply to any subsequent employment or income of the obligor. The notice to withhold income shall terminate with respect to the employer or other payor without any court action or action by the county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department thirty days after the obligor ceases employment with or is no longer entitled to income from such employer or other payor, except that a notice to withhold income shall not terminate with respect to unemployment compensation benefits being withheld by the Commissioner of Labor pursuant to section 48-647. The employer or other payor shall return a copy of the notice to withhold income to the county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department, indicate that the employment or obligation to pay income has ceased, and cooperate in providing any known forwarding information. The county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department shall notify the clerk of the appropriate district court that such employment or obligation to pay income has ceased. A notice to withhold income shall also terminate when the child, spousal, or medical support obligation terminates, all past-due support has been paid, and any monetary judgments have been paid, in which case the county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department shall notify the employer or other payor to cease withholding income.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 46;   Laws 1986, LB 600, § 6;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 35;   Laws 1993, LB 523, § 20;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 15;  Laws 2010, LB712, § 37.
NE Code § 43-1727 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1727 - Income withholding notice; modification or revocation; notice.

43-1727.  Income withholding notice; modification or revocation; notice.(1) An income withholding notice may be modified or revoked by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department as a result of a review conducted pursuant to sections 43-512.12 to 43-512.18. An income withholding notice may also be modified or revoked by a court of competent jurisdiction, for other good cause shown, after notice and a hearing on the issue. An income withholding notice may also be modified or revoked by the county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department as provided in subsection (2) of this section or for other good cause. Payment by the obligor of overdue support or any monetary judgment, other than through income withholding, after receipt of notice of income withholding shall not by itself constitute good cause for modifying or revoking an income withholding notice.(2) When income withholding has been implemented and, as a result, a support delinquency has been eliminated, the Title IV-D Division or its designee shall notify the county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department. Upon receipt of such notification, the county attorney, the authorized attorney, or the department shall modify the income withholding notice to require income withholding for current support and any monetary judgments and shall notify the employer or other payor of the change in the same manner as provided in section 43-1723.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 47;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 36;   Laws 1991, LB 715, § 24;   Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 16;  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 25;  Laws 2010, LB712, § 38.
NE Code § 43-1728 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1728 - Income from another jurisdiction; withholding order; how obtained.

43-1728.  Income from another jurisdiction; withholding order; how obtained.(1) In any case in which the department is providing services either directly or pursuant to a contract with a county attorney or authorized attorney or (2) on application of a resident of this state, an obligee or obligor of a support order issued in this state, or an agency to whom an obligee has assigned child, spousal, or medical support rights, the department shall promptly request the agency of another jurisdiction in which the obligor derives income to receive and file such request for the purpose of obtaining a withholding order against such income. The department shall promptly compile and transmit to the agency of the cooperating jurisdiction all documentation required to effectuate an income withholding order. The department also shall transmit immediately to the agency of the cooperating jurisdiction a certified copy of any subsequent modification of any support order. The department may contract with an agent to carry out its powers and duties pursuant to sections 43-1728 to 43-1742.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 48;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 37;   Laws 1993, LB 523, § 21.
NE Code § 43-1729 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1729 - Foreign support order; acceptance; procedure.

43-1729.  Foreign support order; acceptance; procedure.Upon receiving a foreign support order and the documentation specified in section 43-1730 from an agency of another jurisdiction, an obligee, an obligor, or an attorney for either, the department shall transmit such order and documents to be filed with the clerk of the district court in the jurisdiction within this state in which income withholding is being sought. The clerk of the district court shall accept the documents filed, and such acceptance shall constitute entry of the foreign support order for purposes of income withholding.The filing process required by this section shall not be construed as requiring an application, petition, answer, and hearing as might be required for the filing or registration of foreign judgments by the Nebraska Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act or the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 49;   Laws 1993, LB 458, § 13;   Laws 1993, LB 500, § 56;  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 26.  Cross References   Nebraska Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, see section 25-1587.01.  Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, see section 42-701.
NE Code § 43-1730 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1730 - Entry of foreign support order; documentation required.

43-1730.  Entry of foreign support order; documentation required.The following documentation shall be required for the entry of a foreign support order:(1) A certified copy of the foreign support order with all modifications;(2) A certified copy of an income withholding order or notice, if any, still in effect;(3) A copy of the portion of the income withholding statute of the jurisdiction which issued the support order which states the requirements for obtaining an income withholding order or notice under the law of such jurisdiction;(4) A sworn statement of the obligee or certified statement of the requesting agency of the arrearages of child, spousal, or medical support payments and the assignment of the support rights, if any;(5) A statement of the name, address, and social security number of the obligor, if known;(6) A statement of the name and address of the obligor's employer or other payor or of any other source of income of the obligor derived in this state from which income withholding is sought; and(7) A statement of the name and address of the agency or person to whom support payments collected by income withholding shall be transmitted.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 50;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 38.
NE Code § 43-1731 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1731 - Documentation; remedy of defects.

43-1731.  Documentation; remedy of defects.If the documentation received by the department does not conform to the requirements of section 43-1730, the department shall remedy any defect which it can without the assistance of the requesting agency or person. If the department is unable to make such corrections, the requesting agency or person shall immediately be notified of the necessary additions or corrections. In neither case shall the original documentation be returned. The department and the receiving court shall accept the documentation required by section 43-1730 even if it is not in the usual form required by state or local law or rules so long as the substantive requirements of such section are met.Source  Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 51.
NE Code § 43-1732 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1732 - Foreign support order; how enforced.

43-1732.  Foreign support order; how enforced.A foreign support order entered pursuant to section 43-1729 shall be enforceable by withholding from income derived in this state in the manner and with the same effect as income withholding based on a support order of this state, except that any hearing requested by the obligor to contest any proposed income withholding shall be held by a court as provided in section 43-1733 instead of by the department. Entry of the order shall not confer jurisdiction on the courts of this state for any purpose other than income withholding.Source  Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 52.
NE Code § 43-1733 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1733 - Foreign support order; income withholding notice; contents; hearing; when held.

43-1733.  Foreign support order; income withholding notice; contents; hearing; when held.Unless a foreign support order requires income withholding regardless of whether or not payment pursuant to such order is in arrears, within ten days after the date a foreign support order is entered pursuant to section 43-1729 the county attorney or authorized attorney shall serve upon the obligor notice of proposed income withholding in accordance with section 43-1720. The notice shall also advise the obligor that income withholding was requested on the basis of a foreign support order.If the obligor seeks a hearing to contest the proposed income withholding, the county attorney or authorized attorney shall immediately notify the obligee and obligor or their attorneys of the date, time, and place of the hearing.Any such hearing shall be held by the appropriate court in the same manner as a civil action except as provided otherwise in sections 43-1734 to 43-1737.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 53;   Laws 1993, LB 523, § 22.
NE Code § 43-1734 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1734 - Foreign support order; validity; prima facie evidence; allowable defenses.

43-1734.  Foreign support order; validity; prima facie evidence; allowable defenses.At any hearing contesting a proposed income withholding based on a foreign support order entered under section 43-1729, the entered order, the certified copy of an income withholding order or notice, if any, still in effect, and the sworn or certified statement concerning arrearages and any assignment of rights shall constitute prima facie evidence, without further proof or foundation, that the support order is valid, that the amount of current support payments and arrearages is as stated, and that the obligee would be entitled to income withholding under the law of the jurisdiction which issued the support order.Once a prima facie case has been established, the obligor may raise only the following defenses:(1) That withholding is not proper because of a mistake of fact, that is not res judicata, concerning matters such as an error in the amount of current support owed or the arrearage that has accrued, mistaken identity of the obligor, or error in the amount of income to be withheld;(2) That the court or agency which issued the support order lacked personal jurisdiction over the obligor;(3) That the support order was obtained by fraud; or(4) That the statute of limitations, as provided in subsection (3) of section 43-1742, precludes enforcement of all or part of the arrearages.The burden shall be on the obligor to establish such defenses.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 54;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 39.
NE Code § 43-1735 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1735 - Foreign support order; continuance; undisputed amount; withholding.

43-1735.  Foreign support order; continuance; undisputed amount; withholding.If the obligor presents evidence which constitutes a full or partial defense under section 43-1734, the court shall, on the request of the obligee, continue the case to permit further evidence relative to the defense to be adduced by either party, except that if the obligor acknowledges liability sufficient to entitle the obligee to income withholding, the court shall require such withholding for the payment of current child, spousal, or medical support payments under the foreign support order and of so much of any arrearage as is not in dispute, while continuing the case with respect to those matters still in dispute. The court shall determine such matters as soon as possible and if appropriate shall modify the withholding order to conform to its determination.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 55;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 40.
NE Code § 43-1736 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1736 - Foreign support order; discovery; testimony; evidence; voluntary testimony.

43-1736.  Foreign support order; discovery; testimony; evidence; voluntary testimony.(1) In addition to other procedural devices available to a party, any party to an income withholding proceeding based on a foreign support order or a guardian ad litem or other representative of the child may adduce testimony of witnesses in another state, including the parties and any of the children, by deposition, by written discovery, by electronic discovery such as videotaped depositions, or by personal appearance before the court by telephone or electronic means. The court on its own motion may direct that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony shall be taken.(2) A court of this state may request the appropriate court or agency of another state to hold a hearing to adduce evidence, to permit a deposition to be taken before the court or agency, to order a party to produce or give evidence under other procedures of that state, and to forward to the court of this state certified copies of the evidence adduced in compliance with the request.(3) Upon request of a court or agency of another state, the courts of this state which are competent to hear support matters may order a person in this state to appear at a hearing or deposition before the court to adduce evidence or to produce or give evidence under other procedures available in this state. A certified copy of the evidence adduced, such as a transcript or videotape, shall be forwarded by the clerk of the court to the requesting court or agency.(4) A person within this state may voluntarily testify by statement or affidavit in this state for use in a proceeding to obtain income withholding outside this state.Source  Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 56.
NE Code § 43-1737 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1737 - Income withholding; when effective.

43-1737.  Income withholding; when effective.If the obligor does not request a hearing in the time provided or if the foreign support order provides for income withholding regardless of whether or not payment pursuant to such order is in arrears, the income withholding notice shall take effect and the obligor's employer or other payor shall be notified pursuant to section 43-1723. If a hearing is held and it is determined that the obligee has been or is entitled to income withholding under the local law of the jurisdiction which issued the foreign support order, the court shall issue an income withholding order to the obligor's employer or other payor in the same manner as the notice provided for in section 43-1723.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 57;   Laws 1986, LB 600, § 7;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 41;   Laws 1993, LB 523, § 23.
NE Code § 43-1738 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1738 - Foreign support order entry; effect; amounts credited.

43-1738.  Foreign support order entry; effect; amounts credited.A foreign support order entered pursuant to section 43-1729 shall not nullify and shall not be nullified by a support order made by a court of this state pursuant to any other law or by any other foreign support order. Amounts collected by any income withholding shall be credited against the amounts accruing or accrued for any period under any support order issued by this state which is the subject of an income withholding notice or any other foreign support order which is the subject of an income withholding order pursuant to section 43-1737.Source  Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 58.
NE Code § 43-1739 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1739 - Foreign support order; receipt of amendment or modification; effect.

43-1739.  Foreign support order; receipt of amendment or modification; effect.Upon receiving a certified copy of any amendment or modification to a foreign support order entered pursuant to section 43-1729, the department shall initiate necessary procedures to amend or modify the income withholding order of this state which was based upon the foreign support order in the same manner as if it were a support order of this state.Source  Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 59.
NE Code § 43-1740 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1740 - Foreign support order; obligor; new or additional income or employment; county or authorized attorney; duties.

43-1740.  Foreign support order; obligor; new or additional income or employment; county or authorized attorney; duties.If the county attorney or authorized attorney determines that an obligor subject to a foreign support order has obtained employment in another state or has a new or additional source of income in another state, he or she shall notify the agency or person who requested the income withholding of the changes and shall forward to such agency or person all information he or she has or can obtain with respect to the obligor's new address and the name and address of the obligor's new employer or other payor or other source of income. The county attorney or authorized attorney shall include with the notice a certified copy of the income withholding order or notice in effect in this state.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 60;   Laws 1991, LB 457, § 42.
NE Code § 43-1741 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-1741 - Foreign support order; voluntary income withholding; procedure.

43-1741.  Foreign support order; voluntary income withholding; procedure.Any person who is the obligor on a foreign support order may obtain voluntary income withholding by filing with the court a request for such withholding and a certified copy of the foreign support order. The court shall issue an income withholding order pursuant to section 43-1737. Payment shall be made to the State Disbursement Unit.Source   Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 61;  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 27.