Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-348 (2026)

Proceedings; where brought; transfer of proceedings; orders; how treated

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All proceedings under sections 42-347 to 42-381 shall be brought in the district court of the county in which one of the parties resides. Proceedings may be transferred to a separate juvenile court or county court sitting as a juvenile court which has acquired jurisdiction pursuant to section 43-2,113. Certified copies of orders filed with the clerk of the court pursuant to such section shall be treated in the same manner as similar orders issued by the court.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2022 · leading case: Huffman v. Huffman, 441 N.W.2d 899 (Neb. 1989).
Huffman v. Huffman, 441 N.W.2d 899 (Neb. 1989). · cites it 8× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-348 (Reissue 1988) (“All proceedings [for dissolution of marriage] shall be brought in the district court of the county in which one of the parties resides.”
Christine W. v. Trevor W., 303 Neb. 245 (Neb. 2019). · cites it 2× “" 9 Under §§ 42-348 and 42-351(1), a district court has jurisdiction to adjudicate such actions.”
Schleuter v. McCuiston, 277 N.W.2d 667 (Neb. 1979). · cites it 3× “) § 42-348, R. R. S. 1943. The issue raised by plaintiff is whether the “exclusive original jurisdiction” given to the county court sitting as a juvenile court is diminished by sections 43-201 and 42-364, R.”
State v. Reuter, 343 N.W.2d 907 (Neb. 1984). · cites it 2× “Neither does Reuter claim that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. What defendant mistakes for a jurisdictional requirement is merely a question of fact, which was determined against him and which is not collaterally assailable.”
Small v. Small, 427 N.W.2d 42 (Neb. 1988). · cites it 4× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-348 (Reissue 1984) provides that dissolution of marriage proceedings “shall be brought in the district court of the county in which one of the parties resides.”
McNulty v. NcNulty (Neb. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 3× “” Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-348 (Reissue 2016). In Small v.”
Christine W. v. Trevor W., 303 Neb. 245 (Neb. 2019). · cites it 2× “”9 Under §§ 42-348 and 42-351(1), a district court has jurisdiction to adjudicate such actions.”
Barth v. Barth (Neb. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-348 (Reissue 2008). Mindi filed her action for dissolution of mar- riage in the Lancaster County District Court on April 26, 2012.”
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