Q: Order & Non-Cust. parent lives in CO. I'm in NE. He didn't pay child support 1st 10 yrs, then min for >2 yrs in '20-'21

A: You can review the court file to see the dates of any orders of modification. You can access the child support case file info online (for a fee) through the Nebraska Supreme Court's eservices website:

https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/e-services/case-information-eservices

You can obtain actual copies of the orders (for a fee) through the Clerk of the District Court where you child support order was entered.

You would need to contact the child support office to ask what attempts they've made to collect back child support. Some of their efforts (contempt actions, garnishment actions, etc. will also show in the court file). Other actions, such as driver's license suspension, won't have any entry in the court file.

Keep in mind that you aren't limited to the Child Support Office's actions. You can also take your own efforts to try to collect the back child support. These include show cause/contempt actions, garnishment actions, liens, sheriff sale, among others, depending on the specific facts of the case. You would either have to hire an attorney to assist you with these or figure out how to file these on your own. Whether it makes sense to spend the money to hire an attorney on private collection attempts depends on how likely the efforts are to be successful. If this person has a lot of assets/money but avoids paying child support, then it may be well worth your time/money to hire an attorney to attempt other enforcement actions for you. On the other hand, if this person has little in the way of collectible assets/income, the cost-benefit analysis may not weigh in favor of spending your own funds on collection actions at this time.