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.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 43-1732

  • Department: shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1706
  • 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.
  • Obligor: shall mean a person who owes a duty of support pursuant to a support order. See Nebraska Statutes 43-1714
  • 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
  • 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
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