Can One Parent Receive Primary Physical Custody in Nebraska When Both Parents Are Fit?

A Nebraska court can find both parents fit and still place primary physical custody with one of them. In a September 2026 memorandum opinion, the Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed exactly that result where the parents lived about an hour apart and the child had significant school and therapy needs. This article explains what the decision does and does not mean, how Nebraska's best-interests statute changed in July 2026, why temporary orders do not control the final decree, and what the same opinion says about time-limited alimony for a long-term homemaker.