The following documentation shall be required for the entry of a foreign support order:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 43-1730

  • Employer or other payor: shall mean any person, partnership, limited liability company, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department or agency of the state or federal government in possession of income and shall include an obligor if he or she is self-employed. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1709
  • Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Foreign support order: shall mean a support order issued by a court or agency of another jurisdiction. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1710
  • Income: shall mean (1) compensation paid, payable, due, or to be due for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, earnings, income, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and shall include any periodic payments pursuant to a pension or a retirement program and dividends, and (2) any other income from whatever source derived. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1711
  • Income withholding: shall mean retention of an employee's or payee's income pursuant to sections 43-1720 to 43-1723. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1712
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligee: shall mean a person to whom a duty of support is owed pursuant to a support order. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1713
  • Obligor: shall mean a person who owes a duty of support pursuant to a support order. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1714
  • 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
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Support: shall mean the providing of necessary shelter, food, clothing, care, medical support, medical attention, education expenses, funeral expenses, or any other reasonable and necessary expense. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1716
  • Sworn: shall include affirmed in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(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.

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