Section 28-706 - Criminal nonsupport; penalty; exceptions(1) Any person who intentionally fails, refuses, or neglects to provide proper support which he or she knows or reasonably should know he or she is legally obliged to provide to a spouse, minor child, minor stepchild, or other dependent commits criminal nonsupport.(2) A parent or guardian who refuses to pay hospital costs, medical costs, or any other costs arising out of or in connection with an abortion procedure performed on a minor child or minor stepchild does not commit criminal nonsupport if: (a) Such parent or guardian was not consulted prior to the abortion procedure; or(b) After consultation, such parent or guardian refused to grant consent for such procedure, and the abortion procedure was not necessary to preserve the minor child or stepchild from an imminent peril that substantially endangered her life or health.(3) Support includes, but is not limited to, food, clothing, medical care, and shelter.(4) A designation of assets for or use of income by an individual in accordance with section 68-922 shall be considered just cause for failure to use such assets or income to provide medical support of such individual's spouse.(5) This section does not exclude any applicable civil remedy.(6) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, criminal nonsupport is a Class II misdemeanor.(7) Criminal nonsupport is a Class IV felony if it is in violation of any order of any court.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-706
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 145; Laws 1978, LB 920, § 3; Laws 1988, LB 419, § 11; Laws 1989, LB 362, § 2; Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 52.