In all cases not otherwise provided for by statute or by these rules a presumption imposes on the party against whom it is directed the burden of proving that the nonexistence of the presumed fact is more probable than its existence.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-301
Rule 301. Presumptions in general
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Dawes v. Wittrock Sandblasting & Painting, Inc. (2003)
Most recently applied in 31 Neb. Ct. App. 750 - Evan S. v. Laura H. (April 2023)
Laws 1975, LB 279, § 8.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.