Whenever the Department of Health and Human Services has reason to believe that any person having the care or custody of a child placed out, and not legally adopted, is an improper person for such care or custody, or subjects such child to cruel treatment, or neglect, or immoral surroundings, it shall cause a complaint to be filed in the proper juvenile court.

Source

  • Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VI, art. II, div. XI, § 6, p. 790;
  • C.S.1922, § 8270;
  • C.S.1929, § 71-2606;
  • R.S.1943, § 71-806;
  • Laws 1945, c. 170, § 6, p. 546;
  • Laws 1961, c. 204, § 10, p. 615;
  • Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 178.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 43-706

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801