§ 25-2720.01.Power to set aside, vacate, or modify judgments or orders.

Every court needs some way to fix its own mistakes after the fact, and this section supplies that power for the county court. It covers the county court broadly — including the Small Claims Court and the county court when it sits as a juvenile court — and grants two related powers: the power to set aside a default judgment, and the power to vacate or modify the court’s own judgments or orders more generally.

What sets this section apart from an inherent power every court holds during its own term is the timing: the county court may exercise this power during or after the term at which the judgment or order was made. A judgment that has already become final in the ordinary sense is not beyond the court’s reach.

The section ties the mechanics of this power to district court practice, directing that it operate in the same manner as provided for actions filed in the district court. Section 25-2001 gives the district court its own power to vacate or modify judgments after term, built around a general six-month motion and, for certain enumerated grounds, a separate complaint-and-summons proceeding with its own longer limitations period. Because section 25-2720.01 borrows the district court’s manner of proceeding rather than restating it, a party bringing a post-term motion or complaint in county court should expect the same structure — but should confirm the specific deadlines and procedural steps against section 25-2001 and the sections following it rather than assume every detail transfers without change.