28-718 Child protection cases; central register; name-change order; treatment. - Nebraska Statutes

28-718. Child protectioncases; central register; name-changeorder; treatment.(1) There shall be a central register of childprotection cases maintained in the department containing records of all reportsof child abuse or neglect opened for investigation as provided in section 28-713 and classified as either court substantiated or agency substantiatedas provided in section 28-720. The department may change records classifiedas inconclusive prior to August 30, 2009, to agency substantiated. The departmentshall give public notice of the changes made to this section and subsection(3) of section 28-720 by Laws 2009, LB 122, within thirty days after August30, 2009, by having such notice published in a newspaper or newspapers ofgeneral circulation within the state.(2) The departmentshall determine whether a name-change order received from the clerk of a districtcourt pursuant to section 25-21,271 is for a person on the central registerof child protection cases and, if so, shall include the changed name withthe former name in the register and file or cross-reference the informationunder both names. SourceLaws 1979, LB 505, § 6; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 9; Laws 2009, LB122, § 1; Laws 2010, LB147, § 3.Operative Date: January 1, 2012