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Marital and Domestic Relations

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Void and prohibited marriages

Consent required for marriage of minors

Purposes of title; application of title

Requirement of license and solemnization; covenant marriages

Marriages contracted in another state; validity and effect

Marriage license; application; affidavit

Recording licenses; endorsement of solemnization; recording return; lost licenses

Persons authorized to perform marriage ceremony; definition

Marriage ceremony; official; witnesses; marriage license; covenant marriages

Application to justice of the peace for marriage and covenant marriage licenses; issuance; violation; classification

Issuance of marriage license by a city or town; transfer of fees; handling fee

Unlawful acts of person authorized to solemnize marriages; classification

Unlawful acts of person authorized to issue marriage license or make marriage records; classification

Abstract of marriage in lieu of reproducing marriage license

Definitions

Enforcement of premarital agreements; exception

Scope of agreement

Amendment or revocation of agreement

Limitation of actions

Property acquired during marriage as community property; exceptions; effect of service of a petition

Separate property

Management and control

Liability of community property and separate property for community and separate debts

Ownership of property acquired after moving into state

Surrogate parentage contracts; prohibition; custody; definition

Grounds

Procedure and law

Jurisdiction; form of petition; award of decree

Dissolution of marriage; findings necessary

Decree of legal separation; findings necessary

Pleadings; contents; defense; joinder of parties; confidentiality

Temporary order or preliminary injunction; effect; definition

Irretrievable breakdown; finding

Separation agreement; effect

Disposition of property; retroactivity; notice to creditors; assignment of debts; contempt of court

Section
25-318.01

Military retirement benefits; disability related waiver

Section
25-318.02

Convicted spouse; award of community property; definition

Section
25-318.03

Human embryos; disposition; responsibility for resulting child; definitions

Maintenance; computation factors

Child support; factors; methods of payment; additional enforcement provisions; definitions

Section
25-320.02

Self-employed parent; tax practitioner; definition

Representation of child by counsel; fees

Payment of maintenance or support; records; disclosure

Assignments

Section
25-323.03

Forms; alternative forms

Attorney fees

Decree; finality; restoration of maiden name

Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order; forms

Modification and termination of provisions for maintenance, support and property disposition

Sequence of trials when custody or parenting time is an issue

Waiting period

Employer cooperation

Notification requirements

Abrogation of alienation of affections action

Domestic relations education; plan; administration

Applicability of program; compliance

Failure to comply

Children's issues education fund; report

Fees; deferral or waiver

Section
25-381.01

Purposes of article

Section
25-381.02

Definitions

Section
25-381.03

Applicability of article; determination by superior court

Section
25-381.04

Assignment of judges; number of sessions

Section
25-381.05

Transfer of cases; reason; duties of transferee judge

Section
25-381.06

Court assistants; salaries; appointments

Section
25-381.07

Director of conciliation; powers and duties

Section
25-381.08

Jurisdiction

Section
25-381.09

Petition invoking jurisdiction or for transfer of action to conciliation court

Section
25-381.10

Petition; caption

Section
25-381.11

Petition; contents

Section
25-381.12

Blank forms; assistance in preparing and presenting petition

Section
25-381.13

Fees

Section
25-381.14

Hearing; time; place; notice; citation; witnesses

Section
25-381.15

Time and place of holding hearings

Section
25-381.16

Conduct of hearing; recommendations; aid of specialists; expense; confidential communications

Section
25-381.17

Orders; duration of effectiveness; reconciliation agreement

Section
25-381.18

Dissolution of marriage; legal separation; annulment; stay of right to file; jurisdiction for pending actions

Section
25-381.19

Transfer of certain actions where minor child involved

Section
25-381.20

Procedure in actions where no child is involved; conciliation court may accept case

Section
25-381.21

Construction of article

Section
25-381.22

Subsequent petition filed within one year

Section
25-381.23

Option for mandatory conciliation

Section
25-381.24

Counseling

Definitions

Jurisdiction

Legal decision-making; best interests of child

Section
25-403.01

Sole and joint legal decision-making and parenting time

Section
25-403.02

Parenting plans

Section
25-403.03

Domestic violence and child abuse

Section
25-403.04

Substance abuse

Section
25-403.05

Sexual offenders; murderers; legal decision-making and parenting time; notification of risk to child

Section
25-403.06

Parental access to prescription medication and records

Section
25-403.07

Identification of a primary caretaker and public assistance

Section
25-403.08

Resources and fees

Section
25-403.09

Child support

Temporary orders

Interviews by court; professional assistance

Investigations and reports

Legal decision-making and parenting time hearings; priority; costs; record

Rights of each parent; parenting time; relocation of child; exception; enforcement; access to prescription medication and records

Third party rights

Judicial supervision

Modification of legal decision-making or parenting time; affidavit; contents; military families

Expedited child support and parenting time fund

Domestic relations education and mediation fund; report

Violation of visitation or parenting time rights; penalties

Sanctions for litigation misconduct

Sexual assault conviction; effect on rights

Parent's blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions

Definitions

Duties of support; exemption

Jurisdiction, venue and procedure; additional enforcement provisions

Order for support; methods of payment; modification; termination; statute of limitations; judgment on arrearages; notice; security

Section
25-503.01

Self-employed parent; monies held as security for payment of support

Order of assignment; ex parte order of assignment; responsibilities; violation; termination

Limited income withholding orders; definition

Section
25-505.01

Administrative income withholding order; notice; definition

Section
25-505.02

Insurance data exchange; withholding orders; immunity; definitions

Order for assignment; foreign support order

Forms; alternative forms

Enforcement of support orders; fee prohibition

Representation by attorney general or county attorney; modification of order by attorney general or county attorney

Receiving and disbursing support and maintenance monies; arrearages; interest

Failure of parent to provide for child; classification

Section
25-511.01

Spousal maintenance order; violation; classification

Consumer credit reports; use of child support or spousal maintenance obligation information

Employer cooperation; violation; classification

Priority of action and judgments

Lien; priority; recording; information statement; payoff amount; release

License suspension; notice; administrative review or hearing

Child support arrearage; license suspension; hearing

Regulatory entities; suspension of license

Child support enforcement; administrative subpoena; civil penalty

Levy; seizure of property for collection of support debt; definitions

Administrative review; notice; determination; judicial review; definitions

Financial institutions data match; nonliability; prohibited disclosure; liability; civil liability; definition

Financial institutions; surrender of assets; nonliability

Administrative enforcement; interstate cases; definition

Child support enforcement information; internet posting

Child support; overpayment; reimbursement

Title IV-D recipients; fee

Title IV-D cases; alternative medical insurance coverage

Spousal maintenance; veterans disability benefits; definition

Definitions

Enrollment of child

Insurer obligations

Employer obligations

Enforcement of health insurance coverage; medical support notice; administrative review; service

Clerk of the court

Jurisdiction; priority of action

Request for arrearages; deadline

Child support arrest warrant; definition

Time and manner of execution; information

Procedure after arrest; payment for release from custody

Preexisting warrants

Entry into criminal information system

Jurisdiction

Venue

Persons who may originate proceedings; legal decision-making; parenting time; conciliation court

Time for instituting proceedings

Effect of death, absence or insanity of plaintiff

Petition

Precedence of maternity and paternity proceedings; delay for paternity tests; court order; evidentiary use; alternative tests; out-of-state orders; immunity

Preliminary injunction; temporary restraining order; effect

Judgment

Liability of parents if putative mother or father is a minor; periodic payments

Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity; action to overcome paternity

Default order of paternity

Presumption of paternity

Paternity; full faith and credit

Title IV-D child support; paternity establishment; genetic testing

Temporary orders; presumption of paternity

Paternity case registry; acknowledgments and paternity and maternity orders; recording requirements

Covenant marriage; declaration of intent; filing requirements

Existing marriages; conversion to covenant marriage; recording requirements

Dissolution of a covenant marriage; grounds

Decree of legal separation; grounds

Temporary orders for support and spousal maintenance

Information pamphlet; requirements; distribution

Section
25-1001

Short title

Section
25-1002

Definitions

Section
25-1003

Proceeding governed by other law

Section
25-1004

Application to Indian tribes

Section
25-1005

International application of chapter

Section
25-1006

Effect of child custody determination

Section
25-1007

Priority

Section
25-1008

Notice to persons outside this state

Section
25-1009

Appearance and limited immunity

Section
25-1010

Communication between courts; definition

Section
25-1011

Taking testimony in another state

Section
25-1012

Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

Section
25-1013

Military deployment; home state

Section
25-1031

Initial child custody jurisdiction

Section
25-1032

Exclusive continuing jurisdiction

Section
25-1033

Jurisdiction to modify determination

Section
25-1034

Temporary emergency jurisdiction

Section
25-1035

Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder

Section
25-1036

Simultaneous proceedings

Section
25-1037

Inconvenient forum

Section
25-1038

Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct

Section
25-1039

Information to be submitted to court

Section
25-1040

Appearance of parties and child

Section
25-1051

Definitions

Section
25-1052

Enforcement under Hague convention

Section
25-1053

Duty to enforce

Section
25-1054

Temporary visitation

Section
25-1055

Registration of child custody determination

Section
25-1056

Enforcement of registered determination

Section
25-1057

Simultaneous proceedings

Section
25-1058

Expedited enforcement of child custody determination

Section
25-1059

Service of petition and order

Section
25-1060

Hearing and order

Section
25-1061

Warrant to take physical custody of child

Section
25-1062

Costs, fees and expenses

Section
25-1063

Recognition and enforcement

Section
25-1064

Appeals

Section
25-1065

Role of attorney general

Section
25-1066

Role of law enforcement

Section
25-1067

Costs and expenses

Section
25-1201

Short title

Section
25-1202

Definitions

Section
25-1203

State tribunal and support enforcement agency

Section
25-1204

Remedies cumulative

Section
25-1205

Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

Section
25-1221

Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

Section
25-1222

Duration of personal jurisdiction

Section
25-1223

Initiating and responding tribunal of state

Section
25-1224

Simultaneous proceedings

Section
25-1225

Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order

Section
25-1226

Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

Section
25-1227

Determination of controlling child support order

Section
25-1228

Child support orders for two or more obligees

Section
25-1229

Credit for payments

Section
25-1230

Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction

Section
25-1231

Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order

Section
25-1241

Proceedings under this chapter

Section
25-1242

Proceeding by minor parent

Section
25-1243

Application of law of state

Section
25-1244

Duties of initiating tribunal

Section
25-1245

Duties and powers of responding tribunal

Section
25-1246

Inappropriate tribunal

Section
25-1247

Duties of support enforcement agency

Section
25-1248

Duty of the attorney general

Section
25-1249

Private counsel

Section
25-1250

Duties of department of economic security

Section
25-1251

Pleadings and accompanying documents

Section
25-1252

Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances

Section
25-1253

Costs and fees

Section
25-1254

Limited immunity of petitioner

Section
25-1255

Nonparentage as defense

Section
25-1256

Special rules of evidence and procedure

Section
25-1257

Communications between tribunals

Section
25-1258

Assistance with discovery

Section
25-1259

Receipt and disbursement of payments

Section
25-1271

Establishment of support order

Section
25-1272

Proceeding to determine parentage of a child

Section
25-1281

Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state

Section
25-1282

Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state

Section
25-1283

Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders

Section
25-1284

Immunity from civil liability

Section
25-1285

Penalties for noncompliance

Section
25-1286

Contest by obligor

Section
25-1287

Administrative enforcement of orders

Section
25-1301

Registration of order for enforcement

Section
25-1302

Procedure to register order for enforcement

Section
25-1303

Effect of registration for enforcement

Section
25-1304

Choice of law

Section
25-1305

Notice of registration of order

Section
25-1306

Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order

Section
25-1307

Contest of registration or enforcement

Section
25-1308

Confirmed order

Section
25-1309

Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification

Section
25-1310

Effect of registration for modification

Section
25-1311

Modification of child support order of another state

Section
25-1312

Recognition of order modified in another state

Section
25-1313

Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state if individual parties reside in this state

Section
25-1314

Notice to issuing tribunal of modification

Section
25-1315

Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country

Section
25-1316

Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification

Section
25-1331

Definitions

Section
25-1332

Applicability

Section
25-1333

Relationship of department of economic security to United States central authority

Section
25-1334

Initiation by department of economic security of support proceeding under convention

Section
25-1335

Direct request

Section
25-1336

Registration of convention support order

Section
25-1337

Contest of registered convention support order

Section
25-1338

Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order

Section
25-1339

Partial enforcement

Section
25-1340

Foreign support agreement

Section
25-1341

Modification of convention child support order

Section
25-1342

Personal information; limit on use

Section
25-1343

Record in original language; English translation

Section
25-1361

Grounds for rendition

Section
25-1362

Conditions of rendition

Section
25-1401

Legitimacy of children born out of wedlock

Section
25-1501

Alleged incapacitated person; guardian ad litem