43-1005. Expense of returning juvenile to state; how paid. The expense of returning juveniles to this state pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Juveniles shall be paid as follows: (1) In the case of a runaway, the court making the requisition shall inquire summarily regarding the financial ability of the petitioner to bear the expense […]
43-101. Children eligible for adoption. (1) Except as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, any minor child may be adopted by any adult person or persons and any adult child may be adopted by the spouse of such child’s parent in the cases and subject to sections 43-101 to 43-115, except that […]
43-101.01. Terms, defined. For purposes of sections 43-101 to 43-115: (1) Acknowledged father means an individual who has: (a) Executed a valid acknowledgment of paternity; or (b) Acknowledged paternity through establishment of a familial relationship with the child for a period of at least six months; (2) Adjudicated father means an individual who has been […]
43-1011. Interstate Compact for Juveniles. ARTICLE I PURPOSE The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing […]
43-102. Petition requirements; decree; jurisdiction; filings. (1) Except as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, any person or persons desiring to adopt a minor child or an adult child shall file a petition for adoption signed and sworn to by the person or persons desiring to adopt. The following shall be filed […]
43-102.01. Military personnel; deemed residents; when. For purposes of adoption, persons serving in the armed forces of the United States, who have been continuously stationed at any military base or installation in the State of Nebraska for the period of one year immediately preceding the filing of a petition for adoption shall be deemed residents […]
43-103. Petition; hearing; notice. Except as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, upon the filing of a petition for adoption the court shall fix a time for hearing the same. The hearing shall be held not less than four weeks nor more than eight weeks after the filing of such petition unless […]
43-104. Adoption; consent required; exceptions; petition requirements; private adoption; requirements. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, no adoption shall be decreed unless written consents thereto are filed in the county court of the county in which the person or persons desiring to adopt reside or […]
43-104.01. Child born out of wedlock; putative father registry; Department of Health and Human Services; duties. (1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a putative father registry. The department shall maintain such registry and shall record the names and addresses of (a) any person adjudicated by a court of this state or […]
43-104.02. Child born out of wedlock; Notice of Objection to Adoption and Intent to Obtain Custody; filing requirements. (1) A Notice of Objection to Adoption and Intent to Obtain Custody shall be filed with the putative father registry under section 43-104.01 on forms provided by the Department of Health and Human Services: (a) At any […]
43-104.03. Child born out of wedlock; filing with putative father registry; department; notice; to whom given. Within three days after the filing of a Request for Notification of Intended Adoption or a Notice of Objection to Adoption and Intent to Obtain Custody with the putative father registry pursuant to sections 43-104.01 and 43-104.02, the Department […]
43-104.04. Child born out of wedlock; failure to file notice; effect. If a Notice of Objection to Adoption and Intent to Obtain Custody is not timely filed with the putative father registry pursuant to section 43-104.02, the mother of a child born out of wedlock or an agent specifically designated in writing by the mother […]
43-104.05. Child born out of wedlock; notice; filed; petition for adjudication of paternity; trial; guardian ad litem; court; jurisdiction. (1)(a) A putative, acknowledged, or adjudicated father objecting to a proposed adoption may file a petition objecting to the adoption and seeking a determination of whether the objecting father’s consent to the proposed adoption is required. […]
43-104.07. Child born in a foreign country; requirements. The petition for adoption of a child born in a foreign country shall be accompanied by: (1) A document or documents from a court, official department, or government agency of the country of origin stating that the parent has consented to the adoption, stating that the parental […]
43-104.08. Child born out of wedlock; identify and inform biological father. Whenever a child is claimed to be born out of wedlock and the biological mother contacts an adoption agency or attorney to relinquish her rights to the child, or the biological mother joins in a petition for adoption to be filed by her spouse, […]
43-104.09. Child born out of wedlock; biological mother; affidavit; form. In all cases of adoption of a minor child born out of wedlock, the biological mother, or an individual acting on behalf of the biological mother and who possesses information provided by the biological mother if the biological mother is unavailable due to death, incapacity, […]
43-104.10. Child born out of wedlock; agency or attorney; duty to inform biological mother. The agency or attorney representing the biological mother shall inform the mother of the legal and medical need to determine, whenever possible, the paternity of the child prior to an adoption and that her failure or refusal to accurately identify the […]
43-104.11. Child born out of wedlock; father’s relinquishment and consent; when effective. If the biological mother’s affidavit, required by section 43-104.09, identifies only one possible biological father of the child and states that there are no other possible biological fathers of the child, and if the named father executes a valid relinquishment and consent to […]
43-104.12. Child born out of wedlock; agency or attorney; duty to inform biological father. In order to attempt to inform the biological father or possible biological fathers, whether putative, acknowledged, or adjudicated, of the right to execute a relinquishment and consent to adoption or a denial of paternity and waiver of rights, the agency or […]
43-104.13. Child born out of wedlock; notice to biological father; contents. The notice sent by the agency or attorney pursuant to section 43-104.12 shall be served sufficiently in advance of the birth of the child, whenever possible, to allow compliance with subdivision (1)(a) of section 43-104.02 and shall state: (1) The biological mother’s name, the […]
