2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 43 - INFANTS AND JUVENILES
43-104.14 Child born out of wedlock; agency or attorney; duty to notify biological father by publication; when.
43-104.14. Child born out of wedlock; agency or attorney; duty to notify biological father by publication; when.
(1) If the agency or attorney representing the biological mother is unable through reasonable efforts to locate and serve notice on the biological father or possible biological fathers as contemplated in sections 43-104.12 and 43-104.13, the agency or attorney shall notify the biological father or possible biological fathers by publication.
(2) The publication shall be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the Nebraska county or county of another state which is most likely to provide actual notice to the biological father. The publication shall include:
(a) The first name or initials of the father or possible father or the entry "John Doe, real name unknown", if applicable;
(b) A description of the father or possible father if his first name is or initials are unknown;
(c) The approximate date of conception of the child and the city and state in which conception occurred, if known;
(d) The date of birth or expected birth of the child;
(e) That he has been identified as the biological father or possible biological father of a child whom the biological mother currently intends to place for adoption and the approximate date that placement will occur;
(f) That he has the right to (i) deny paternity, (ii) waive any parental rights he may have, (iii) relinquish and consent to adoption of the child, (iv) file a Notice of Objection to Adoption and Intent to Obtain Custody pursuant to section 43-104.02, or (v) object to the adoption in a proceeding before any Nebraska court which has adjudicated him to be the biological father of the child prior to his receipt of notice; and
(g) That (i) in order to deny paternity, waive his parental rights, relinquish and consent to the adoption, or receive additional information to determine whether he is the father of the child in question, he must contact the undersigned agency or attorney representing the biological mother and (ii) if he wishes to object to the adoption and seek custody of the child, he must seek legal counsel from his own attorney immediately.
Source
- Laws 1995, LB 712, § 7;
- Laws 2007, LB247, § 15.
