NEBRASKA Part 28

Uncontested Hearings

If you have worked things out, or if your spouse never filed an Answer, your hearing will be simple. Your spouse does not have to be at the hearing. Only one of you must testify. Your lawyer will ask you to take the stand. You will be sworn in. Your lawyer will ask you a few simple questions, most of which will be about things you asked for in your Complaint and the Decree you lawyer prepared. Your lawyer will give the Decree to the judge. The judge will read it. If the judge agrees that the Decree is fair, he or she will sign it. Your lawyer should give you a signed copy of the Decree that has been file stamped with the court.