{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-42-720","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-720","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-720","body":"(a) In a proceeding under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request:\n\n(1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;\n\n(2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in subdivision (5)(A) or (D) of section 42-702 ; and\n\n(3) may provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.\n\n(b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n\n(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n\n(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;\n\n(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n\n(4) within five days, exclusive of nonjudicial days, after receipt of a written notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n\n(5) within five days, exclusive of nonjudicial days, after receipt of a written communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n\n(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n\n(c) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n\n(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n\n(2) if two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n\n(d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrearages, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n\n(e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrearages, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 42-732 .\n\n(f) The act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 42"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=42-720","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"44cd5c2bdbbe6e8b245b2804e8aeb7954e5ac5180f307af635183c54571eaf6b","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-42-719","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-42-721"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}