{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-6-118","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 6-118","heading":"Assignee removal; successor assignee.","body":"(a) The assignor or a creditor may request a court of competent jurisdiction in this state to remove the assignee, if the assignor or creditor has a reasonable belief grounds for removal exist under subsection (b) of this section.\n(b) After a request under subsection (a) of this section or on the court's initiative in an action pending before the court under section 6-121, the court may remove an assignee:\n(1) for cause, including the assignee's fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, gross mismanagement, or failure to comply with the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; or\n(2) if removal of the assignee best serves the interests of the creditors.\n(c) After an assignee resigns, or is removed, dies, or becomes incapacitated, a successor assignee provided for in the assignment agreement becomes the assignee, unless the successor assignee is not eligible to be an assignee under subsection (a) of section 6-104 or is subject to removal under subsection (b) of this section. A court shall appoint a successor assignee if:\n(1) the assignment agreement does not provide for a successor assignee; or\n(2) the successor assignee provided for in the assignment agreement is ineligible to be an assignee under subsection (a) of section 6-104 or is subject to removal under subsection (b) of this section.\n(d) Subject to section 6-117, an assignee that resigns, or is removed, dies, or becomes incapacitated, is discharged from the assignee's duties under the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act when the assignee, or a representative of a deceased or incapacitated assignee:\n(1) accounts for and turns over to the successor assignee all assets of the assignment estate; and\n(2) submits to creditors a report summarizing the receipts and disbursements made during the service of the assignee.\n(e) Subject to an applicable privilege, a court may order an attorney, accountant, or other person that has information in a record relating to the assignment estate or the assignor's financial affairs to turn over or disclose the record to the successor assignee.","path":["Chapter 6 - ASSIGNMENT FOR CREDITORS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=6-118","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-18T05:52:50Z","sha256":"d6e2b8e5c70aa6034be6dd341afaa355c3ae849cc45006e7b2c8f7230a40ad5c","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-6-117","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-6-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}