# Neb. Ct. R. Pldg. § 6-1107 (version in force before January 1, 2025): Pleadings allowed; form of motions

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## Section

- **Citation:** Neb. Ct. R. Pldg. § 6-1107 (version in force before January 1, 2025)
- **Heading:** Pleadings allowed; form of motions
- **Jurisdiction:** Nebraska
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** Superseded
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Nebraska Court Rules / CHAPTER 6: TRIAL COURTS / Prior Version of Article 11: Nebraska Court Rules of Pleadings in Civil Cases. (Effective before January 1, 2025.) / Neb. Ct. R. Pldg. § 6-1107 (version in force before January 1, 2025)

## Text

(a) Pleadings.
There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to a counterclaim denominated as such, if the answer contains a counterclaim; an answer to a cross-claim, if the answer contains a cross-claim; a third-party complaint, if a person who was not an original party is summoned as a third-party defendant; and a third-party answer, if a third party complaint is served. No other pleading shall be allowed, except that the court may order a reply to an answer or a third-party answer.
COMMENT
The initial pleading will be a petition when that designation is provided by statute. See § 25-801.01(2)(b).
A partial list of the proceedings in which the initial pleading is a "petition" includes a petition in error (see § 25-1903), probate procedure (see § 30-2209), protection from domestic abuse (see § 42-924), adoption (see § 43-102), actions under the juvenile code (see § 43-245 et seq.), workers’ compensation actions (see § 48-173), Commission of Industrial Relations actions (see § 48-811), mental health commitments (see § 83-1001 et seq.), and judicial review of administrative action (see § 84-917). The initial pleading in an action for postconviction relief by a prisoner is a "verified motion" (see § 29-3001).
A separate rules defines the extent to which an action for grandparent visitation is governed by these rules (see § 43-1803 and the Rules adopted by the Supreme Court pursuant thereto).
(b) Motions and Other Papers.
[Reserved]
COMMENT
Motion practice is governed by Chapter 25, Article 9(d).
(c) Demurrers, Pleas, Etc., Abolished.
[Reserved]
COMMENT
See § 25-801.01(2)(c).
Rule 7(a) amended May 19, 2004. Renumbered and codified as § 6-1107, effective July 18, 2008.

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