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NE Code § 43-3333 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3333 - Seizure of obligor's property; notice of arrearage; contents; appeal.

43-3333.  Seizure of obligor's property; notice of arrearage; contents; appeal.(1) In a case which is receiving services under Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, when the department has made reasonable efforts to verify and has reason to believe payment on a support order is in arrears in an amount equal to the support due and payable for more than a three-month period of time or upon the request of the state agency of another state which administers Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, and therefor determines to seize an obligor's property, the department shall send written notice to the obligor by first-class mail to the last-known address of the obligor or to the last-known address of the obligor available to the court pursuant to section 42-364.13. For purposes of this section, reasonable efforts to verify means reviewing the case file and having written or oral communication with the clerk of the district court.(2) The notice of arrearage shall:(a) Specify the court or agency which issued the support order;(b) Specify the arrearage under the support order which the obligor owes as of the date of the notice or other date certain;(c) Specify that any enforcement action will incorporate any arrearage which may accrue in the future;(d) State clearly, "Your property may be seized without further notice if you do not respond or clear up the arrearage"; and(e) Specify that within twenty days after the notice is mailed, the obligor may request, in writing, a hearing to contest a mistake of fact. For purposes of this section, mistake of fact means an error in the amount of the arrearage or an error in the identity of the obligor.(3) If the obligor files a written request for a hearing based upon a mistake of fact within twenty days after the notice is mailed, the department shall provide an opportunity for a hearing and shall stay enforcement action under sections 43-3333 to 43-3337 until the administrative appeal process is completed.Source   Laws 1997, LB 752, § 33;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 164.
NE Code § 43-3334 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3334 - Order to withhold and deliver; when; contents; payor; duties; fee.

43-3334.  Order to withhold and deliver; when; contents; payor; duties; fee.(1) The department may send a payor an order to withhold and deliver specifically identified property of any kind due, owing, or belonging to an obligor if (a) the department has reason to and does believe that there is in the possession of the payor property which is due, owing, or belonging to an obligor, (b) payment on a support order is in arrears, (c) the department sent a notice of arrearage to the obligor pursuant to section 43-3333 at least thirty days prior to sending the notice to withhold and deliver, and (d) no hearing was requested or after a hearing the department determined that an arrearage did exist or that there was no mistake of fact.(2) The order to withhold and deliver shall state that notice has been mailed to the obligor in accordance with the requirements of subdivision (1)(c) of this section and that the obligor has not requested a hearing or, after a hearing, the department has determined that an arrearage exists or that there was no mistake of fact, the amount in arrears, the social security number of the obligor, the court or agency to which the property is to be delivered, instructions for transmitting the property, and information regarding the requirements found in subsection (3) of this section. The order shall include written questions regarding the property of every description, including whether or not any other person has an ownership interest in the property, and the credits of the obligor which are in the possession or under the control of the payor at the time the order is received.(3) Upon receipt of an order to withhold and deliver, a payor shall:(a) Hold property that is subject to the order and that is in the possession or under the control of the payor at the time the order to withhold and deliver was received, to the extent of the amount of the arrearage stated in the order until the payor receives further notice from the department;(b) Answer all of the questions asked of the payor in the order, supply the name and address of any person that has an ownership interest in the property sought to be reached, and return such information to the department within five business days after receiving the order; and(c) Upon further notice from the department, deliver any property which may be subject to the order to the court or agency designated in the order or release such property or portion thereof.(4) An order to withhold and deliver shall have the same priority as a garnishment for the support of a person pursuant to subsection (4) of section 25-1056.(5) If the payor is a financial institution, such financial institution may deduct and retain a processing fee from any amounts turned over to the department under this section. The processing fee shall not exceed ten dollars for each account turned over to the department.Source   Laws 1997, LB 752, § 34;  Laws 2004, LB 999, § 30;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 165.
NE Code § 43-3335 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3335 - Order to withhold and deliver; notice to obligor; contents; appeal.

43-3335.  Order to withhold and deliver; notice to obligor; contents; appeal.(1) Within five days after the issuance of the order to withhold and deliver, the department shall send written notice to the obligor by first-class mail. The notice shall be dated and shall specify the payor to which an order to withhold and deliver was sent, the amount due, the steps to be followed to release the property, the time period in which to respond to such notice, and the court or agency of competent jurisdiction which issued the support order.(2) The obligor may request a hearing to contest a mistake of fact by sending a written request to the department within seven days after the date of the notice. The department shall provide an opportunity for a hearing within ten days after receipt of the written request and shall stay enforcement actions under sections 43-3333 to 43-3337 until the administrative appeal process is completed.Source   Laws 1997, LB 752, § 35;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 166.
NE Code § 43-3336 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3336 - Order to withhold and deliver; co-owner; notice; contents; appeal.

43-3336.  Order to withhold and deliver; co-owner; notice; contents; appeal.(1) If, after receiving the information from the payor in subdivision (3)(b) of section 43-3334, the department has knowledge that another person has an ownership interest or may claim an ownership interest in any property sought to be reached which is in the possession or under the control of the payor as the property of the obligor, the department shall send written notice to such person or persons by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice shall be dated and shall specify why the order to withhold and deliver was issued, the payor to which the order to withhold and deliver was sent, and that the person has a right to request a hearing by the department within fifteen days after the date of the notice to establish that the property or any part thereof is not the property of the obligor. The department shall provide an opportunity for hearing to a person making such request and shall stay enforcement actions under sections 43-3333 to 43-3337 until the administrative appeal process is completed.(2) Any person other than the obligor claiming an ownership interest in any property sought to be reached which is in the possession or under the control of the payor as the property of the obligor has a right to timely request a hearing by the department to establish that the property or any part thereof is not the property of the obligor. The department shall provide an opportunity for hearing to a person making such request and shall stay enforcement actions under sections 43-3333 to 43-3337 until the administrative appeal process is completed. If the property or any part of the property which is in the possession or under the control of the payor is not the property of the obligor, the payor is discharged as to that property which is not the obligor's.Source   Laws 1997, LB 752, § 36;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 167.
NE Code § 43-3337 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3337 - Order to withhold and deliver; payor's liability.

43-3337.  Order to withhold and deliver; payor's liability.(1) If a payor fails or refuses to withhold or deliver property subject to an order to withhold and deliver, judgment may be entered by the court which issued or registered the support order for the amount of the arrearages stated in the order or the amount of the property or credits of the obligor in the possession or under the control of the payor at the time the order to withhold and deliver was received, whichever is less, unless the payor can show cause as to why the property was not withheld or delivered.(2) Compliance with the order by the payor operates as a discharge of the payor's liability to the obligor or beneficiary as to the portion of the obligor's property withheld or delivered.(3) A payor is not liable to any individual or to the department for responding to an order to withhold and deliver or for holding, refusing to release to the obligor, or delivering any property of an obligor in compliance with an order to withhold and deliver or for any other action taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of sections 43-3328 to 43-3339 regardless of whether such action was specifically authorized or described by such sections.Source  Laws 1997, LB 752, § 37.
NE Code § 43-3338 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3338 - Judicial review.

43-3338.  Judicial review.Any person aggrieved by a determination of the department under sections 43-3328 to 43-3339, upon exhaustion of the procedures for administrative review provided in such sections, or the department may seek judicial review in the court in which the support order was issued or registered.Source   Laws 1997, LB 752, § 38;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 168.
NE Code § 43-3339 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3339 - Rules and regulations.

43-3339.  Rules and regulations.The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out sections 43-3328 to 43-3339.Source  Laws 1997, LB 752, § 39.
NE Code § 43-3340 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3340 - Social security numbers; recorded; when; Department of Health and Human Services; duties.

43-3340.  Social security numbers; recorded; when; Department of Health and Human Services; duties.(1) To aid child support enforcement pursuant to federal law, 42 U.S.C. 666(a), the social security numbers of the following individuals shall be recorded on the application, in the court records, or on the death certificate, as appropriate:(a) Any applicant for a professional license, commercial driver's license, occupational license, or marriage license;(b) Any individual who is subject to a divorce decree, support order, or paternity determination or acknowledgment; and(c) Any individual who has died.(2) The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations which provide a procedure for the collection of the social security numbers recorded pursuant to this section and for the use of such numbers in the child support enforcement as provided in 42 U.S.C. 666(a).Source  Laws 1997, LB 752, § 48.
NE Code § 43-3341 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3341 - Terms, defined.

43-3341.  Terms, defined.For purposes of sections 43-3341 to 43-3347:(1) Business day means a day on which state offices are open for regular business;(2) Child support has the same meaning as found in section 43-1705;(3) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;(4) Medical support has the same meaning as found in section 43-512;(5) Obligee means a person to whom a duty of support is owed pursuant to a support order;(6) Obligor means a person who owes a duty of support pursuant to a support order;(7) Normal business hours means 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central Time;(8) Spousal support has the same meaning as found in section 43-1715;(9) State Disbursement Unit means the unit established in section 43-3342;(10) Support has the same meaning as found in section 43-3313;(11) Support order has the same meaning as found in section 43-1717; and(12) Title IV-D Division means the Title IV-D Division of the department which is the single organizational unit of the state that has the responsibility for administering or supervising the administration of the state plan under Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act.Source  Laws 1999, LB 637, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 28.
NE Code § 43-3342 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3342 - State Disbursement Unit; created.

43-3342.  State Disbursement Unit; created.There is hereby created a State Disbursement Unit for the statewide collection and disbursement of support order payments. The State Disbursement Unit shall be administered and operated directly by a public or private entity or state officer as designated by the Title IV-D Division. The designation shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the Legislature. The entity or officer as designated shall be directly responsible to the Title IV-D Division.In employing initial staff for the unit, a hiring preference shall be given to employees of the clerks of the district court.Source  Laws 1999, LB 637, § 2;  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 29.
NE Code § 43-3342.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3342.01 - State Disbursement Unit; Title IV-D Division; duties; records.

43-3342.01.  State Disbursement Unit; Title IV-D Division; duties; records.(1) The responsibilities of the State Disbursement Unit shall include the following:(a) Receipt of payments, except payments made pursuant to subdivisions (1)(a) and (1)(b) of section 42-369, and disbursements of such payments to obligees, the department, and the agencies of other states;(b) Accurate identification of payments;(c) Prompt disbursement of the obligee's share of any payments;(d) Furnishing to any obligor or obligee, upon request, timely information on the current status of support order payments; and(e) One location for employers to send income withholding payments.(2) The Title IV-D Division shall maintain records of payments for all cases in which support order payments are made to the central office of the State Disbursement Unit using the statewide automated data processing and retrieval system. The Title IV-D Division shall not be required to convert and maintain records of support order payments kept by the clerk of the district court before the date that the State Disbursement Unit becomes operative or records of payments received by the clerk pursuant to section 42-369.(3) A true copy of the record of payments, balances, and arrearages maintained by the Title IV-D Division is prima facie evidence, without further proof or foundation, of the balance of any amount of support order payments that are in arrears and of all payments made and disbursed to the person or agency to whom the support order payment is to be made. Such evidence shall be considered to be satisfactorily authenticated, shall be admitted as prima facie evidence of the transactions shown in such evidence, and is rebuttable only by a specific evidentiary showing to the contrary.(4) A copy of support payment records maintained by the Title IV-D Division shall be considered to be a true copy of the record when certified by a person designated by the division pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to this section.Source  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 1;  Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 3;  Laws 2007, LB554, § 44.
NE Code § 43-3342.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3342.02 - State Disbursement Unit; timely disbursement required.

43-3342.02.  State Disbursement Unit; timely disbursement required.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the State Disbursement Unit shall disburse all support order payments received within two business days after receipt.(2) The State Disbursement Unit may delay the disbursement of collections toward arrearages until the resolution of any timely appeal with respect to such arrearages.Source Laws 2000, LB 972, § 2.
NE Code § 43-3342.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3342.03 - State Disbursement Unit; support order collection; fees authorized; State Disbursement Unit Cash Fund; created; use; investment; electronic remittance by employers.

43-3342.03.  State Disbursement Unit; support order collection; fees authorized; State Disbursement Unit Cash Fund; created; use; investment; electronic remittance by employers.(1) All support orders shall direct payment of support as provided in section 42-369. Any support order issued prior to the date that the State Disbursement Unit becomes operative for which the payment is to be made to the clerk of the district court shall be deemed to require payment to the State Disbursement Unit after a notice to the obligor is issued. Support order payments made to the clerk of the district court shall be forwarded to the State Disbursement Unit by electronic transfer.(2) The State Disbursement Unit may collect a fee equal to the actual cost of processing any payments for returned check charges or charges for electronic payments not accepted, except that the fee shall not exceed thirty dollars. After a payor has originated one payment resulting in a returned check or an electronic payment not accepted within a period of two years, the unit may issue a notice to the originator that, for the following year, any payment shall be required to be paid by money order, cashier's check, certified check, or any other form of guaranteed payment as may be approved by the unit. After a payor has originated two payments resulting in returned checks or electronic payments not accepted, the unit may issue a notice to the originator that all future payments shall be paid by money order, cashier's check, certified check, or any other form of guaranteed payment as may be approved by the unit, except that pursuant to rule and regulation and at least two years after such issuance of notice, the unit may waive for good cause shown such requirements for methods of payment. The fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the State Disbursement Unit Cash Fund, which is hereby created, which funds shall be used to offset the expenses incurred in the collection of child support bad debt and other collection expenses incurred by the unit. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.(3) The State Disbursement Unit shall use automated procedures, electronic processes, and computer-driven technology to the maximum extent feasible, efficient, and economical for the collection and disbursement of support payments.(4) Employers with more than fifty employees who have an employee with a child support order shall remit child support payments electronically.Source  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 3;  Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 4;  Laws 2005, LB 116, § 21;  Laws 2008, LB620, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB505, § 1.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 43-3342.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3342.06 - Restriction on advertising and promotional materials.

43-3342.06.  Restriction on advertising and promotional materials.Any advertising or promotional materials relating to the State Disbursement Unit may include references to a public office but shall not refer to an officeholder by name.Source Laws 2000, LB 972, § 6.
NE Code § 43-3344 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3344 - Support order payments; considered abandoned property; when; disposition.

43-3344.  Support order payments; considered abandoned property; when; disposition.Support order payments placed in the Title IV-D Support Payment Distributive Fund shall be exempt from the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. If, within three years after the date of receipt, the Title IV-D Division is unable to disburse support order payments collected pursuant to law and also unable to return the collected payments to the noncustodial parent, such payments shall be considered abandoned property. This abandoned property shall be used by the state for child support enforcement as provided by the rules and regulations of the division.Source  Laws 1999, LB 637, § 4;  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 30;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 5.  Cross References  Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, see section 69-1329.
NE Code § 43-3345 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3345 - District courts; compliance required.

43-3345.  District courts; compliance required.For purposes of the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a support order, all district courts shall utilize the Title IV-D Division's statewide automated data processing and information retrieval system. The Title IV-D Division may withhold IV-D funds from any county whose district court is not in compliance with this section.Source Laws 1999, LB 637, § 5.
NE Code § 43-3346 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3346 - Title IV-D Support Payment Distributive Fund; created; use.

43-3346.  Title IV-D Support Payment Distributive Fund; created; use.The Title IV-D Support Payment Distributive Fund is created. The fund shall be used for the collection and disbursement of support payments as provided in sections 43-3341 to 43-3347.Source  Laws 1999, LB 637, § 6;  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 31;  Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 6.
NE Code § 43-3347 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 43 - Infants and Juveniles|43-3347 - Rules and regulations.

43-3347.  Rules and regulations.The Title IV-D Division shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out sections 43-3341 to 43-3347.Source  Laws 1999, LB 637, § 7;  Laws 2000, LB 972, § 32.