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NE ST § 43-103
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Neb.Rev.St. § 43-103
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West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness
Chapter 43. Infants and Juveniles
Article 1. Adoption Procedures
(a) General Provisions
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 any party for good cause shown requests a
continuance of the hearing or all parties agree to
a continuance. The court may require notice of the hearing to be given
to the child, if over fourteen years of age, to the natural parent or
parents of the child, and to such other interested persons as the judge
may, in the exercise of discretion, deem advisable,
in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action. If
the judge directs notice by publication, such notice shall be published
three successive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in
such county.
CREDIT(S)
Laws 1943, ch. 104, § 3, p. 349; Laws 1983, LB
447, § 50; Laws 1985, LB 255, § 19; Laws 2009, LB 35, § 27, eff. Aug.
30, 2009.
Codifications: R.S. 1943, § 43-103.
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Laws 2009, LB 35, § 27 rewrote the section, which formerly read:
"Except
as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, upon
the filing of such petition the court shall fix a time for hearing the
same, not less than four
weeks nor more than eight weeks after the filing of such
petition. The court may require notice of the hearing to be
given to the child, if over fourteen years of age, to the natural parent
or parents of the child, and to such other interested persons as
the judge may, in the exercise of discretion, deem advisable, in the
manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action.
If the judge directs notice by publication, such notice
shall be published three successive
weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in such county."
Neb. Rev. St. § 43-103, NE ST § 43-103
Current
through the 101st Legislature Second Regular Session
2010