That is correct. Child support in Nebraska is due in full and owed on the 1st of each calendar month and it is paid by the month and not pro-rated. Just as children are minor dependents for tax purposes in the year they turn 19 whether they turn 19 in January or December, support is owed for the... View More

You would need to speak with your tax professional for advice specific to your situation. In general, any refund from a joint tax return is generally subject to tax intercept for back child support owed by either spouse. However, if you file the injured spouse form you can generally prevent the... View More

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answered on Feb 22, 2024

If you're filing a joint tax return and your spouse has outstanding child support obligations but does not have any income for the year 2023, you may still want to consider filing an Injured Spouse Allocation form (Form 8379) with your tax return. This form is used to ensure that the portion... View More

If you disagree with what the Court ordered, you can challenge the order. Your options to challenge the order depend on how long ago the order was entered. If it was entered very recently, you may be able to file a motion for new trial or an appeal, among other possible motions. Some of these... View More

The child support office is part of the government, or a contractor for the government. The child support office is required to do things like enforce child support orders, among other tasks. This means that they can send an income withholding to garnish wages for child support, among other... View More

You don't have a right to write off the interest owed even if only interest is due at this time. The party that it is owed to may be willing to write it off or agree to a lump sum payment to write off the rest. You would need to contact the party that it is owed to in order to request they... View More

If you want to terminate the guardianship and the child is still a minor under Nebraska law, then you need to file an action with the Court to ask to terminate the guardianship. If no party is objecting, then the Court may be likely enter an order to terminate the guardianship case and thus... View More

You can try writing in the correct reasoning and having both parents sign off and have signatures notarized. However, depending on how much your child support is each month, your best bet is likely to just hire a lawyer to draft a Stipulated Termination so the lawyer can reference your specific... View More

You aren't required to use a specific form to make this request. Many of the forms available on the court's website do allow you to handwrite changes to match your situation. That may be a possibilty here if your court will accept it with a handwritten change. If they won't and... View More

If you feel a crime has been committed, you could try filing a police report but it would be up to law enforcement/prosecutor whether the circumstances meet the criteria for the State to be willing to file criminal charges. Sometimes if they feel the matter may not meet the criteria and could be... View More

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answered on Jul 28, 2023

Since you were divorced through the Indian tribe and not a tribal member, it is likely that you would need to address child support and custody matters through the tribal court. However, as you and your ex-husband currently live out of the state where you were divorced (AZ), it may be possible to... View More

Once all parties have moved to another state, it is generally possible to register the order in the state where the child is now residing. Generally you need court permission to move a child out of state once a custody order has been entered (at least in Nebraska). If that did not happen before... View More

You would need to look at the child support order that ordered the child support. Who is listed as the payee to receive listed to receive child support in the court order? The person who is listed as the payee is the person that the Court has ordered child support paid to. If someone else is... View More

The Child Support Referee is a type of judge that primarily handles child support cases. One way to think about it is to think that the child support referee is under the supervision of the district court judges. There are so many child support cases and it helps to have a specialized judge to... View More

You can see some examples of an "answer" on the Nebraska Supreme Court's website under forms. In family law cases, most of the time, you file both an Answer as your response to their Complaint and then also a counter complaint to ask for what you would like the Court to grant.... View More

That depends. You may not believe anything needs to change and you can file a General Denial type Answer to require the moving party to prove their allegations. Or you may also want to allege a different set of material and substantial circumstances that have changed and request a different... View More

Child support is owed to the person who supports the child during the child's minority, not technically to the child. I have never seen the Court allow a person to bring an action for child support if paternity and child support weren't established while the child was a minor. The... View More

It is actually not uncommon for a parent to still be ordered to pay child support even though the teenage child is no longer living with the custodial parent. The most common situation is when the teen is living in the dorms at the freshman year of college. So long as the custodial parent is... View More

If neither parent wants to pay or receive child support and the child lives with a parent, the parents can ask for the child support order to be terminated. This is generally done through filing a motion and order to terminate child support or through a modification action, depending on the facts... View More

Hello - Even if the child is 23, if you owe child support money or still owe interest from a past balance paid, any child support debt will continue to accrue interest until paid in full or a receipt is filed by the other parent. The only exception would be if a Court retroactively adjusts child... View More