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Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations
Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations
§ 25-101 Void and prohibited marriages
§ 25-102 Consent required for marriage of minors
§ 25-103 Purposes of title; application of title
§ 25-111 Requirement of license and solemnization; covenant marriages
§ 25-112 Marriages contracted in another state; validity and effect
§ 25-121 Marriage license; application; affidavit
§ 25-123 Recording licenses; endorsement of solemnization; recording return; lost licenses
§ 25-124 Persons authorized to perform marriage ceremony; definition
§ 25-125 Marriage ceremony; official; witnesses; marriage license; covenant marriages
§ 25-126 Application to justice of the peace for marriage and covenant marriage licenses; issuance; violation; classification
§ 25-127 Issuance of marriage license by a city or town; transfer of fees; handling fee
§ 25-128 Unlawful acts of person authorized to solemnize marriages; classification
§ 25-129 Unlawful acts of person authorized to issue marriage license or make marriage records; classification
§ 25-130 Abstract of marriage in lieu of reproducing marriage license
§ 25-201 Definitions
§ 25-202 Enforcement of premarital agreements; exception
§ 25-203 Scope of agreement
§ 25-204 Amendment or revocation of agreement
§ 25-205 Limitation of actions
§ 25-211 Property acquired during marriage as community property; exceptions; effect of service of a petition
§ 25-213 Separate property
§ 25-214 Management and control
§ 25-215 Liability of community property and separate property for community and separate debts
§ 25-217 Ownership of property acquired after moving into state
§ 25-218 Surrogate parentage contracts; prohibition; custody; definition
§ 25-301 Grounds
§ 25-302 Procedure and law
§ 25-311 Jurisdiction; form of petition; award of decree
§ 25-312 Dissolution of marriage; findings necessary
§ 25-313 Decree of legal separation; findings necessary
§ 25-314 Pleadings; contents; defense; joinder of parties; confidentiality
§ 25-315 Temporary order or preliminary injunction; effect; definition
§ 25-316 Irretrievable breakdown; finding
§ 25-317 Separation agreement; effect
§ 25-318 Disposition of property; retroactivity; notice to creditors; assignment of debts; contempt of court
§ 25-318.01 Military retirement benefits; disability related waiver
§ 25-318.02 Convicted spouse; award of community property; definition
§ 25-318.03 Human embryos; disposition; responsibility for resulting child; definitions
§ 25-319 Maintenance; computation factors
§ 25-320 Child support; factors; methods of payment; additional enforcement provisions; definitions
§ 25-320.02 Self-employed parent; tax practitioner; definition
§ 25-321 Representation of child by counsel; fees
§ 25-322 Payment of maintenance or support; records; disclosure
§ 25-323 Assignments
§ 25-323.03 Forms; alternative forms
§ 25-324 Attorney fees
§ 25-325 Decree; finality; restoration of maiden name
§ 25-326 Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order; forms
§ 25-327 Modification and termination of provisions for maintenance, support and property disposition
§ 25-328 Sequence of trials when custody or parenting time is an issue
§ 25-329 Waiting period
§ 25-330 Employer cooperation
§ 25-331 Notification requirements
§ 25-341 Abrogation of alienation of affections action
§ 25-351 Domestic relations education; plan; administration
§ 25-352 Applicability of program; compliance
§ 25-353 Failure to comply
§ 25-354 Children's issues education fund; report
§ 25-355 Fees; deferral or waiver
§ 25-381.01 Purposes of article
§ 25-381.02 Definitions
§ 25-381.03 Applicability of article; determination by superior court
§ 25-381.04 Assignment of judges; number of sessions
§ 25-381.05 Transfer of cases; reason; duties of transferee judge
§ 25-381.06 Court assistants; salaries; appointments
§ 25-381.07 Director of conciliation; powers and duties
§ 25-381.08 Jurisdiction
§ 25-381.09 Petition invoking jurisdiction or for transfer of action to conciliation court
§ 25-381.10 Petition; caption
§ 25-381.11 Petition; contents
§ 25-381.12 Blank forms; assistance in preparing and presenting petition
§ 25-381.13 Fees
§ 25-381.14 Hearing; time; place; notice; citation; witnesses
§ 25-381.15 Time and place of holding hearings
§ 25-381.16 Conduct of hearing; recommendations; aid of specialists; expense; confidential communications
§ 25-381.17 Orders; duration of effectiveness; reconciliation agreement
§ 25-381.18 Dissolution of marriage; legal separation; annulment; stay of right to file; jurisdiction for pending actions
§ 25-381.19 Transfer of certain actions where minor child involved
§ 25-381.20 Procedure in actions where no child is involved; conciliation court may accept case
§ 25-381.21 Construction of article
§ 25-381.22 Subsequent petition filed within one year
§ 25-381.23 Option for mandatory conciliation
§ 25-381.24 Counseling
§ 25-401 Definitions
§ 25-402 Jurisdiction
§ 25-403 Legal decision-making; best interests of child
§ 25-403.01 Sole and joint legal decision-making and parenting time
§ 25-403.02 Parenting plans
§ 25-403.03 Domestic violence and child abuse
§ 25-403.04 Substance abuse
§ 25-403.05 Sexual offenders; murderers; legal decision-making and parenting time; notification of risk to child
§ 25-403.06 Parental access to prescription medication and records
§ 25-403.07 Identification of a primary caretaker and public assistance
§ 25-403.08 Resources and fees
§ 25-403.09 Child support
§ 25-404 Temporary orders
§ 25-405 Interviews by court; professional assistance
§ 25-406 Investigations and reports
§ 25-407 Legal decision-making and parenting time hearings; priority; costs; record
§ 25-408 Rights of each parent; parenting time; relocation of child; exception; enforcement; access to prescription medication and records
§ 25-409 Third party rights
§ 25-410 Judicial supervision
§ 25-411 Modification of legal decision-making or parenting time; affidavit; contents; military families
§ 25-412 Expedited child support and parenting time fund
§ 25-413 Domestic relations education and mediation fund; report
§ 25-414 Violation of visitation or parenting time rights; penalties
§ 25-415 Sanctions for litigation misconduct
§ 25-416 Sexual assault conviction; effect on rights
§ 25-417 Parent's blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions
§ 25-500 Definitions
§ 25-501 Duties of support; exemption
§ 25-502 Jurisdiction, venue and procedure; additional enforcement provisions
§ 25-503 Order for support; methods of payment; modification; termination; statute of limitations; judgment on arrearages; notice; security
§ 25-503.01 Self-employed parent; monies held as security for payment of support
§ 25-504 Order of assignment; ex parte order of assignment; responsibilities; violation; termination
§ 25-505 Limited income withholding orders; definition
§ 25-505.01 Administrative income withholding order; notice; definition
§ 25-505.02 Insurance data exchange; withholding orders; immunity; definitions
§ 25-506 Order for assignment; foreign support order
§ 25-507 Forms; alternative forms
§ 25-508 Enforcement of support orders; fee prohibition
§ 25-509 Representation by attorney general or county attorney; modification of order by attorney general or county attorney
§ 25-510 Receiving and disbursing support and maintenance monies; arrearages; interest
§ 25-511 Failure of parent to provide for child; classification
§ 25-511.01 Spousal maintenance order; violation; classification
§ 25-512 Consumer credit reports; use of child support or spousal maintenance obligation information
§ 25-513 Employer cooperation; violation; classification
§ 25-514 Priority of action and judgments
§ 25-516 Lien; notice; priority; recording; reciprocity
§ 25-517 License suspension; notice; administrative review or hearing
§ 25-518 Child support arrearage; license suspension; hearing
§ 25-519 Regulatory entities; suspension of license
§ 25-519; Version 2 Regulatory entities; suspension of license
§ 25-520 Child support enforcement; administrative subpoena; civil penalty
§ 25-521 Levy; seizure of property for collection of support debt; definitions
§ 25-522 Administrative review; notice; determination; judicial review; definitions
§ 25-523 Financial institutions data match; nonliability; prohibited disclosure; liability; civil liability; definition
§ 25-524 Financial institutions; surrender of assets; nonliability
§ 25-525 Administrative enforcement; interstate cases; definition
§ 25-526 Child support enforcement information; internet posting
§ 25-527 Child support; overpayment; reimbursement
§ 25-528 Title IV-D recipients; fee
§ 25-529 Title IV-D cases; alternative medical insurance coverage
§ 25-530 Spousal maintenance; veterans disability benefits; definition
§ 25-531 Definitions
§ 25-532 Enrollment of child
§ 25-533 Insurer obligations
§ 25-534 Employer obligations
§ 25-535 Enforcement of health insurance coverage; medical support notice; administrative review; service
§ 25-551 Clerk of the court
§ 25-552 Jurisdiction; priority of action
§ 25-553 Request for arrearages; deadline
§ 25-681 Child support arrest warrant; definition
§ 25-682 Time and manner of execution; information
§ 25-683 Procedure after arrest; payment for release from custody
§ 25-684 Preexisting warrants
§ 25-685 Entry into criminal information system
§ 25-801 Jurisdiction
§ 25-802 Venue
§ 25-803 Persons who may originate proceedings; legal decision-making; parenting time; conciliation court
§ 25-804 Time for instituting proceedings
§ 25-805 Effect of death, absence or insanity of plaintiff
§ 25-806 Petition
§ 25-807 Precedence of maternity and paternity proceedings; delay for paternity tests; court order; evidentiary use; alternative tests; out-of-state orders; immunity
§ 25-808 Preliminary injunction; temporary restraining order; effect
§ 25-809 Judgment
§ 25-810 Liability of parents if putative mother or father is a minor; periodic payments
§ 25-812 Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity; action to overcome paternity
§ 25-813 Default order of paternity
§ 25-814 Presumption of paternity
§ 25-815 Paternity; full faith and credit
§ 25-816 Title IV-D child support; paternity establishment; genetic testing
§ 25-817 Temporary orders; presumption of paternity
§ 25-818 Paternity case registry; acknowledgments and paternity and maternity orders; recording requirements
§ 25-901 Covenant marriage; declaration of intent; filing requirements
§ 25-902 Existing marriages; conversion to covenant marriage; recording requirements
§ 25-903 Dissolution of a covenant marriage; grounds
§ 25-904 Decree of legal separation; grounds
§ 25-905 Temporary orders for support and spousal maintenance
§ 25-906 Information pamphlet; requirements; distribution
§ 25-1001 Short title
§ 25-1002 Definitions
§ 25-1003 Proceeding governed by other law
§ 25-1004 Application to Indian tribes
§ 25-1005 International application of chapter
§ 25-1006 Effect of child custody determination
§ 25-1007 Priority
§ 25-1008 Notice to persons outside this state
§ 25-1009 Appearance and limited immunity
§ 25-1010 Communication between courts; definition
§ 25-1011 Taking testimony in another state
§ 25-1012 Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
§ 25-1013 Military deployment; home state
§ 25-1031 Initial child custody jurisdiction
§ 25-1032 Exclusive continuing jurisdiction
§ 25-1033 Jurisdiction to modify determination
§ 25-1034 Temporary emergency jurisdiction
§ 25-1035 Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder
§ 25-1036 Simultaneous proceedings
§ 25-1037 Inconvenient forum
§ 25-1038 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
§ 25-1039 Information to be submitted to court
§ 25-1040 Appearance of parties and child
§ 25-1221 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
§ 25-1222 Duration of personal jurisdiction
§ 25-1223 Initiating and responding tribunal of state
§ 25-1224 Simultaneous proceedings
§ 25-1225 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order
§ 25-1226 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order
§ 25-1227 Determination of controlling child support order
§ 25-1228 Child support orders for two or more obligees
§ 25-1229 Credit for payments
§ 25-1230 Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
§ 25-1231 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order
§ 25-1051 Definitions
§ 25-1052 Enforcement under Hague convention
§ 25-1053 Duty to enforce
§ 25-1054 Temporary visitation
§ 25-1055 Registration of child custody determination
§ 25-1056 Enforcement of registered determination
§ 25-1057 Simultaneous proceedings
§ 25-1058 Expedited enforcement of child custody determination
§ 25-1059 Service of petition and order
§ 25-1060 Hearing and order
§ 25-1061 Warrant to take physical custody of child
§ 25-1062 Costs, fees and expenses
§ 25-1063 Recognition and enforcement
§ 25-1064 Appeals
§ 25-1065 Role of attorney general
§ 25-1066 Role of law enforcement
§ 25-1067 Costs and expenses
§ 25-1201 Short title
§ 25-1202 Definitions
§ 25-1203 State tribunal and support enforcement agency
§ 25-1204 Remedies cumulative
§ 25-1205 Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
§ 25-1241 Proceedings under this chapter
§ 25-1242 Proceeding by minor parent
§ 25-1243 Application of law of state
§ 25-1244 Duties of initiating tribunal
§ 25-1245 Duties and powers of responding tribunal
§ 25-1246 Inappropriate tribunal
§ 25-1247 Duties of support enforcement agency
§ 25-1248 Duty of the attorney general
§ 25-1249 Private counsel
§ 25-1250 Duties of department of economic security
§ 25-1251 Pleadings and accompanying documents
§ 25-1252 Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
§ 25-1253 Costs and fees
§ 25-1254 Limited immunity of petitioner
§ 25-1255 Nonparentage as defense
§ 25-1256 Special rules of evidence and procedure
§ 25-1257 Communications between tribunals
§ 25-1258 Assistance with discovery
§ 25-1259 Receipt and disbursement of payments
§ 25-1271 Establishment of support order
§ 25-1272 Proceeding to determine parentage of a child
§ 25-1281 Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state
§ 25-1282 Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state
§ 25-1283 Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders
§ 25-1284 Immunity from civil liability
§ 25-1285 Penalties for noncompliance
§ 25-1286 Contest by obligor
§ 25-1287 Administrative enforcement of orders
§ 25-1301 Registration of order for enforcement
§ 25-1302 Procedure to register order for enforcement
§ 25-1303 Effect of registration for enforcement
§ 25-1304 Choice of law
§ 25-1305 Notice of registration of order
§ 25-1306 Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order
§ 25-1307 Contest of registration or enforcement
§ 25-1308 Confirmed order
§ 25-1309 Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
§ 25-1310 Effect of registration for modification
§ 25-1311 Modification of child support order of another state
§ 25-1312 Recognition of order modified in another state
§ 25-1313 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state if individual parties reside in this state
§ 25-1314 Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
§ 25-1315 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country
§ 25-1316 Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification
§ 25-1331 Definitions
§ 25-1332 Applicability
§ 25-1333 Relationship of department of economic security to United States central authority
§ 25-1334 Initiation by department of economic security of support proceeding under convention
§ 25-1335 Direct request
§ 25-1336 Registration of convention support order
§ 25-1337 Contest of registered convention support order
§ 25-1338 Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order
§ 25-1339 Partial enforcement
§ 25-1340 Foreign support agreement
§ 25-1341 Modification of convention child support order
§ 25-1342 Personal information; limit on use
§ 25-1343 Record in original language; English translation
§ 25-1361 Grounds for rendition
§ 25-1362 Conditions of rendition
§ 25-1401 Legitimacy of children born out of wedlock