25-1031. Initial child custody jurisdiction A. Except as otherwise provided in section 25-1034, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination only if any of the following is true: 1. This state is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or […]
25-1032. Exclusive continuing jurisdiction A. Except as otherwise provided in section 25-1034, a court of this state that has made a child custody determination consistent with section 25-1031 or 25-1033 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until either of the following is true: 1. A court of this state determines that neither the child, […]
25-1033. Jurisdiction to modify determination Except as otherwise provided in section 25-1034, a court of this state shall not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under section 25-1031, subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 and either […]
25-1034. Temporary emergency jurisdiction A. A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened […]
25-1035. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder A. Before a child custody determination is made under this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard pursuant to section 25-1008 must be given to all persons entitled to notice under the law of this state as in child custody proceedings between residents of this state, any […]
25-1036. Simultaneous proceedings A. Except as otherwise provided in section 25-1034, a court of this state shall not exercise its jurisdiction under this article if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child has been commenced in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in […]
25-1037. Inconvenient forum A. A court of this state that has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. The […]
25-1038. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct A. Except as otherwise provided in section 25-1034, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this chapter because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless any of the following is true: 1. […]
25-1039. Information to be submitted to court A. In a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the child’s present address or whereabouts, the places where the child has lived during the last five years and the names […]
25-1040. Appearance of parties and child A. In a child custody proceeding in this state, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this state to appear before the court in person with or without the child. The court may order any person who is in this state and who has […]
25-1221. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident A. In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if any of the following is true: 1. The individual is personally […]
25-1222. Duration of personal jurisdiction Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or another law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as the tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order […]
25-1223. Initiating and responding tribunal of state Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
25-1224. Simultaneous proceedings A. A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if all of the following are true: 1. The petition or comparable pleading in this state is […]
25-1225. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order A. A tribunal of this state that has issued a support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and either: 1. At the time of […]
25-1226. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order A. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the laws of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: 1. The order if the order is the controlling order and has […]
25-1227. Determination of controlling child support order A. If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal is controlling and shall be recognized. B. If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and two or more child support orders have been […]
25-1228. Child support orders for two or more obligees In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a […]
25-1229. Credit for payments A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign […]
25-1230. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter or other laws of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order, may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to section 25-1256, […]
