71-615 Annulments or dissolutions of marriage; monthly reports; duty of clerk of district court; failure; penalty.
71-615. Annulments or dissolutions of marriage; monthly reports; duty of clerk of district court; failure; penalty.On or before the fifth day of each month, the clerk of the district court of each county shall make and return to the department, upon suitable forms furnished by the department, a statement of each action for annulment or dissolution of marriage granted in the court of which he or she is clerk during the preceding calendar month. The information shall be furnished by the petitioner or his or her legal representative and presented to the clerk of the court with the petition. In all cases, the furnishing of the information to complete the record shall be a prerequisite to the granting of the final decree. If no annulments or dissolutions of marriage were granted in the county during the preceding month, a card furnished by the department indicating such information shall be submitted on or before the fifth day of each month to the department. Upon neglect or refusal to make such return, such clerk shall, for each neglect or refusal, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five dollars for the use of the county. SourceLaws 1919, c. 190, tit. VI, art. II, div. IX, § 18, p. 785; C.S.1922, § 8248; Laws 1927, c. 166, § 11, p. 452; C.S.1929, § 71-2419; R.S.1943, § 71-615; Laws 1959, c. 323, § 3, p. 1181; Laws 1967, c. 443, § 2, p. 1384; Laws 1967, c. 444, § 2, p. 1386; Laws 1977, LB 73, § 2; Laws 1989, LB 344, § 13; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 526; Laws 1996, LB 1296, § 28; Laws 1997, LB 229, § 40; Laws 2007, LB296, § 415.