Nebraska Statutes 48-161. Disputed claims; submission to court required; court; jurisdiction of ancillary issues
All disputed claims for workers’ compensation shall be submitted to the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court for a finding, award, order, or judgment. Such compensation court shall have jurisdiction to decide any issue ancillary to the resolution of an employee’s right to workers’ compensation benefits, except that jurisdiction with respect to income withholding pursuant to the Income Withholding for Child Support Act shall be as provided in such act, jurisdiction with respect to garnishment for support shall be as provided in sections 25-1009 to 25-1056 and 43-512.09, and jurisdiction with respect to administrative attachment and bank matching shall be as provided in sections 43-3328 to 43-3339.
Source
- Laws 1935, c. 57, § 11, p. 191;
- C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-172;
- R.S.1943, § 48-161;
- Laws 1986, LB 811, § 92;
- Laws 1990, LB 313, § 3;
- Laws 1993, LB 523, § 25;
- Laws 1997, LB 752, § 125.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 48-161
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- 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.