Nebraska Revised Statutes
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1420 (2026)
Dormant judgment; revivor; time limitation
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If a judgment becomes dormant, it may be revived in the same manner as is prescribed for reviving actions before judgment; Provided, no judgment shall be revived unless action to revive the same be commenced within ten years after such judgment became dormant.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1945–2023 · leading case: Cave v. Reiser, 684 N.W.2d 580 (Neb. 2004).
Cave v. Reiser, 684 N.W.2d 580 (Neb. 2004). “Under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1420 (Reissue 1995), if a judgment becomes dormant, it may be revived, so long as the action to revive the judgment is commenced within 10 years after it became dormant.”
Nelssen v. Ritchie, 934 N.W.2d 377 (Neb. 2019). “At a hearing on the motion, Nelssen offered an affidavit in which she referred to the periodic payments Ritchie made to her after the judgment was entered in 1996.”
Capital One Bank v. Tafoya, 991 N.W.2d 306 (Neb. Ct. App. 2023). “In the district court’s December 29, 2021, order, it cited to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1420 (Reissue 2016) which allows for the revival of a judgment that has become dormant, so long as it is commenced within 10 years after the judgment became dormant.”
Allen v. Immanuel Med. Ctr., 767 N.W.2d 502 (Neb. 2009). “Although our reasoning differs somewhat from that of the district court, we agree that the judgment had become dormant prior to the commencement of the garnishment proceedings, and those proceedings were therefore properly dismissed.”
Nowka v. Nowka, 58 N.W.2d 600 (Neb. 1953). “1943, but with reference only to the general provision relating to dormant judgments (sections 25-1420 and 25-1515, R. R. S. 1943), held that a decree for alimony in a divorce action was not a judgment within the meaning of these general provisions and that the statute of…”
Stanton v. Stanton, 18 N.W.2d 654 (Neb. 1945). “1943, which provides that if execution shall not be sued out within five years of the date of the judgment it shall become dormant and shall cease to operate as a lien on the real estate of the judgment debtor, and therefore on August 20, 1935, when debtor gave a deed to the…”
Lippincott v. Lippincott, 41 N.W.2d 232 (Neb. 1950). “However, in any event, a decree for alimony in a divorce action is not a judgment within the meaning of sections 25-1420 or 25-1515, R. R. S. 1943.”
Finnern v. Bruner, 92 N.W.2d 785 (Neb. 1958). “2d 618 , that: “A decree for child support in a divorce action is not a judgment within the meaning of sections 25-1420 and 25-1515, R. R. S. 1943.”
Mousel Law Firm, P.C. v. Townhouse, Inc., 608 N.W.2d 571 (Neb. 2000). “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1420 (Reissue 1995) provides that if a judgment becomes dormant, it may be revived, provided that no judgment shall be revived unless the action to revive the judgment is commenced within 10 years after it became dormant.”
Miller v. Miller, 46 N.W.2d 618 (Neb. 1951). “A decree for alimony or child support in a divorce action is not a judgment within the meaning of sections 25-1420 and 25-1515, R. R. S. 1943.”
Freis v. Harvey, 563 N.W.2d 363 (Neb. Ct. App. 1997). “Under § 25-1515, once a judgment becomes dormant, the lien ceases, and the lien- is revived only when the judgment is revived, a procedure addressed in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1420 (Reissue 1995).”
Miller v. Miller, 71 N.W.2d 478 (Neb. 1955). “§ 25-1420, R. R. S. 1943. The reason for this was that appellant had become a permanent resident of and was engaged in business in Chicago and appellee contemplated that it would be necessary to obtain a judgment against, him in that state.”
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