NE LB1242

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services would establish and enforce child support obligations from biological fathers for unborn children upon the mother's request

Support obligations may begin retroactively from the first month of conception, as determined by a physician, if the mother requests

Courts would determine payment amounts based on the best interests of the mother and child, with retroactive collection permitted even when paternity is established after birth

Paternity testing cannot be required without the mother's consent and cannot be performed if it poses any risk of harm to the unborn child

Defines "unborn child" as an individual member of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development in utero