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Instructions For Your Divorce Hearing

INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR DIVORCE HEARING (WITH CHILD(REN))

Arrive at your hearing at least 15 minutes before your hearing is scheduled. Once you

arrive at the courthouse for your hearing, you should ask the Clerk of the District Court how to

let the judge know that you are there for your divorce hearing.

Be sure to bring two copies each of the following completed forms to your divorce

hearing:

 Decree for Dissolution of Marriage

 Parenting Plan

 Financial Affidavit for Child Support

 This script

When the court calls your case, you will be asked if you are ready to proceed. You must

tell the court that you are ready and would like to testify. Before beginning your testimony, tell

the judge you would like to have the court reporter mark the Financial Affidavit for Child

Support as an exhibit. The judge will have you take the Financial Affidavit to the court reporter,

who will then put a sticker with a number on the Affidavit. When the court reporter has finished,

take the Affidavit to the judge and say, “Your Honor, I offer exhibit number ___ (the number

given to the exhibit by the court reporter) into evidence.”

You will be asked to take the stand, and the court will give you an oath to tell the truth.

You are then ready to go forward with your case.

You must testify to the following:

My name is _____________________, and I reside at ___________________________,

(your full name)

(your street address: if confidential under Nebraska or Federal law, enter county

and state only and provide an alternative address for mailing of notice)

in _____________________________, and I am the plaintiff in this case.

(city, county, and state where you live)

I have (or my spouse has) lived in Nebraska for at least 1 year before I filed the

Complaint in this case.

I (or my spouse) lived in __________________ County, Nebraska, at the time I

(county where Complaint filed)

filed the Complaint in this case.

I married my spouse on _________________, in __________________________,

(date of marriage)

(city where marriage took place)

________________________.

(state where marriage took place)

My marriage is completely broken and cannot be repaired.

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Instructions for your Divorce Hearing with Child(ren)

DC 6:5 Rev. 02/15

Pro Se Committee

Instructions For Your Divorce Hearing