Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions - Nebraska
Date: January 2022
Jurisdiction
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 43-102
The county court has jurisdiction of adoption proceedings, except that if a separate juvenile court already has jurisdiction over the child to be adopted under the Nebraska Juvenile Code, such separate juvenile court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county court in such adoption proceeding.
Venue
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 43-102
The court must be in the county where the petitioner resides.