Nebraska Courts Prohibited From Denying Parental Custody Based On Disability

A new Nebraska law prohibits courts from denying parents with disabilities legal or physical custody of their children solely on the basis that the parent has a disability. The legislation text noted that the legislature believes that individuals with disabilities “continue to face unfair, preconceived, and unnecessary societal biases as well as antiquated attitudes regarding their ability to successfully parent their children.” Disability in this context encompasses any physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual who has a record of such an impairment, or who has been regarded as having such . . .