43-1702 Purpose of act. - Nebraska Statutes

43-1702. Purpose ofact.It is the intent of the Legislature to encouragethe use of all proven techniques for the collection of child, spousal, andmedical support and monetaryjudgments. While income withholding is the preferred technique,other techniques such as liens on property and contempt proceedings shouldbe used when appropriate. The purpose of the Income Withholding for ChildSupport Act is to provide a simplified and relatively automatic procedurefor implementing income withholding in order to guarantee that child, spousal,and medical support obligations andmonetary judgments are met when income is available for that purpose,to encourage voluntary withholding by obligors, and to facilitate the implementationof income withholding based on foreign support orders. SourceLaws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 22; Laws 1991, LB 457, § 18; Laws 2010, LB712, § 28.Operative Date: July 15, 2010