2016 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 43 - INFANTS AND JUVENILES
43-108 Personal appearance of parties; exceptions.
43-108. Personal appearance of parties; exceptions.
The minor child to be adopted, unless such child is over fourteen years of age, and the person or persons desiring to adopt the child must appear in person before the judge at the time of hearing, except that when the petitioners are husband and wife and one of them is present in court, the court, in its discretion, may accept the affidavit of an absent spouse who is in the armed forces of the United States and it appears to the court the absent spouse will not be able to be present in court for more than a year because of his or her military assignment, which affidavit sets forth that the absent spouse favors the adoption.
Source
- Laws 1943, c. 104, § 6, p. 351;
- R.S.1943, § 43-108;
- Laws 1969, c. 340, § 1, p. 1199;
- Laws 1998, LB 1041, § 11.
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