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§ 43-111.01
Nebraska
Revised Statutes of 1943
Chapter
43. Infants and Juveniles
Article
1. Adoption Procedures
(A)
General Provisions
§
43-111.01. Denial of petition; court; powers.
Except as otherwise provided
in the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, if, upon a hearing, the court
shall deny a petition for adoption, the court may take custody of the
child involved and determine whether or not it is in the best interests
of the child to remain in the custody of the proposed adopting parents.
The court may also, on its own motion, appoint a legal guardian over the
person and property of such minor and make disposition in the best interests
of the child without further notice, relinquishments, or consents as may
otherwise be required by sections 43-102 to 43-112.
Source: Laws 1965, c.
231, § 1, p. 674; Laws 1971, LB 384, § 1; Laws 1985, LB
255, § 24.
CROSS REFERENCE
Nebraska Indian Child
Welfare Act, see section 43-1501.
NOTES
OF DECISIONS
Where abandonment is found
so as to permit substitute consent to be given, the county court may still
refuse to allow the adoption, in which case the parental rights remain
intact until a decree of adoption is in fact granted. In re Guardianship
of Sain, 211 Neb. 508, 319 N.W.2d 100 (1982).
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