43-2930 Child information affidavit; when required; contents; hearing; temporary parenting order; contents; form; temporary support.
43-2930. Child information affidavit; when required; contents; hearing; temporary parenting order; contents; form; temporary support.(1) Each party to a contested proceeding for a temporary order relating to parenting functions or custody, parenting time, visitation, or other access shall offer a child information affidavit as an exhibit at the hearing before the court. The child information affidavit shall be verified to the extent known or reasonably discoverable by the filing party or parties and may include the following:(a) The name, address, and length of residence with any adults with whom each child has lived for the preceding twelve months; except that the address shall only include the county and state for a parent who is living in an undisclosed location because of safety concerns;(b) The performance by each parent or person acting as parent for the preceding twelve months of the parenting functions relating to the daily needs of the child;(c) A description of the work and child care schedules for the preceding twelve months of any person seeking custody, parenting time, visitation, or other access and any expected changes to these schedules in the near future;(d) A description of the current proposed work and child care schedules; and(e) A description of the child's school and extracurricular activities, including who is responsible for transportation of the child.The child information affidavit may also state any circumstances of child abuse or neglect, domestic intimate partner abuse, or unresolved parental conflict that are likely to pose a risk to the child and that warrant limitation on the award of temporary custody, parenting time, visitation, or other access to the child pending entry of a permanent parenting plan, including any restraining orders, protection orders, or criminal no-contact orders against either parent or a person acting as a parent by case number and jurisdiction.(2) After a contested hearing by live testimony or affidavit, the court shall enter a temporary parenting order that includes:(a) Provision for temporary legal custody;(b) Provisions for temporary physical custody, which shall include either:(i) A parenting time, visitation, or other access schedule that designates in which home each child will reside on given days of the year; or(ii) A formula or method for determining such a schedule in sufficient detail that, if necessary, the schedule can be enforced in subsequent proceedings by the court;(c) Designation of a temporary residence for the child;(d) Reference to any existing restraining orders, protection orders, or criminal no-contact orders as well as provisions for safety and a transition plan, consistent with any court's finding of child abuse or neglect, domestic intimate partner abuse, or unresolved parental conflict in order to provide for the safety of a child and custodial parent necessary for the best interests of the child; and(e) If appropriate, a requirement that a parent complete a program of intervention for perpetrators of domestic violence, a program for drug or alcohol abuse, or a program designed to correct another factor as a condition of parenting time.(3) A party may move for an order to show cause, and the court may enter a modified temporary parenting order.(4) The State Court Administrator's office shall create a form that may be used by the parties to create a child information affidavit setting forth the elements identified in this section.(5) Provisions for temporary support for the child and other financial matters may be included in the temporary parenting order. SourceLaws 2007, LB554, § 11; Laws 2008, LB1014, § 61.Operative Date: April 17, 2008