Domestic Violence Laws in Nebraska.

Authorizes ex parte Protection Orders (immediate, effective for 10 days or until the hearing) and full Protection Orders (after hearing, up to 1 year, renewable). Protected: spouses, former spouses, cohabitants, persons with a child in common, persons related by blood or marriage, and dating partners.

Separate order for harassment (stalking) outside the family/intimate-partner context. Similar ex parte and full order procedures.

Protection order for victims of sexual assault by non-family/non-intimate-partner offenders.

First-offense third-degree domestic assault: Class I misdemeanor. Second offense: Class IV felony. Third offense: Class IIIA felony. First-degree domestic assault (serious bodily injury): Class II felony.

First offense: Class I misdemeanor. Subsequent offenses and stalking violating a protection order: Class IIIA felony.

Nebraska's Crime Victim's Reparations Program reimburses victims for medical, counseling, and economic losses. Application within 2 years.