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    Office of Dispute Resolution Issues Annual Report

    Office of Dispute Resolution Issues Annual Report

    August 24, 2017
    The Nebraska Office of Dispute Resolution issued its Annual Report at the August 18, 2017 annual meeting of the ODR-approved mediation centers and the Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, chaired by Mike Pirtle, Judge, Nebraska Court of Appeals. Director Debora Denny thanked the six mediation center executive directors for their combined work in serving the courts, probation, and the communities across the state. Court referrals to parenting mediation, child welfare facilitation, juvenile...Read more

    Increase in Filing Fees Paternity, Custody, Support

    Increase in Filing Fees Paternity, Custody, Support

    August 23, 2017
    Effective August 24, 2017 was an increase in filing fees for the following types of cases: Order of Custody Support Visitation Paternity Pursuant to 33-107.02(1) A mediation fee of fifty dollars and a civil legal services fee of fifteen dollars shall be collected by the clerk of the county court or the clerk of the district court for each paternity determination or parental support proceeding under sections 43-1401 to 43-1418, for each complaint or action to modify a decree of dissolution or...Read more

    Rising Star Awards

    Rising Star Awards

    August 22, 2017
    Nebraska Probation Administration presented five employees with Rising Star awards during the 2017 Fall Management Meeting held in LaVista, Nebraska August 15-18. Nebraska Probation Administration held its Fall Management meeting August 15-18 in LaVista. Approximately 150 Probation managers, supervisors and coordinators from across the state participated in the event. As part of the meeting, a two-day training was conducted by Mark Carey, a nationally known trainer from The Carey Group. The...Read more

    Revised Version of Juvenile Services Catalog now Available Online

    Revised Version of Juvenile Services Catalog now Available Online

    August 11, 2017
    The Administrative Office of Probation – Juvenile Services Division, has revised the Juvenile Services Catalog. The catalog was created to assist juvenile justice stakeholders in identifying available Nebraska services and programs for youth in the juvenile justice system. The information includes visual maps of the service locations along with associated levels of service. It also includes, by district, the specific Probation-provided services available in each district with detailed contact...Read more

    Judge Heideman Presents at NADCP Annual Training Conference in Washington DC

    Judge Heideman Presents at NADCP Annual Training Conference in Washington DC

    August 11, 2017
    The Honorable Roger Heideman of Lancaster County, Nebraska, was one of the featured panel presenters at the National Association for Drug Court Professionals' (NADCP) Annual Training Conference held July 9-12, 2017, in Washington DC. The workshop session was entitled “Judicial Innovations Using a Mandatory Approach to Serve Families In and Outside of Family Drug Court” and included the Honorable William Owens from Wapello County, Iowa, and Phil Breitenbucher, MSW, Director of Family Drug Court...Read more

    Shela Shanks Going Away Party

    Shela Shanks Going Away Party

    August 9, 2017
    A going away party for Shela Shanks was held August 8, 2017 to thank her for all the great work she did as Director of Admissions and Counsel for UPL. Shela has overseen the rendition of the bar exam for the Court since 2013 making several improvements in the process. We wish her well.Read more

    Self-Represented Paternity, Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Forms Created

    Self-Represented Paternity, Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Forms Created

    August 9, 2017
    The Self-Represented Litigation Committee has released a new forms module for the establishment of paternity, custody, parenting time, and child support. The forms, long requested by self-help desks and libraries, are on the Judicial Branch Self-Help Website: www.supremecourt.nebraska.gov/self-help/families-children/establishing-paternity-custody-parenting-time-child-support These forms and instructions are a result of the concentrated work of committee members: Judge Teresa Luther, Hall County...Read more

    Gosper County Courthouse Visit - Day four, of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    Gosper County Courthouse Visit - Day four, of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    August 3, 2017
    Retired Judge Carlton Clark was called into service to serve as historian and tour guide at the Gosper County Courthouse for the first stop on the final day of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour. Clark entertained visitors with stories of courthouse stealing and early scuffles between counties vying for designation as county seat. Joined by the county attorney, the county commission chair, and the Sheriff, Judge Wightman hosted the group on a walk-thru of offices and the courtroom. Clerk...Read more

    Hayes County Courthouse Visit - Day three, visit one of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    Hayes County Courthouse Visit - Day three, visit one of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    August 2, 2017
    Judges Paine and Urbom greeted the Chief Justice’s tour group on the front steps of the Hayes County Courthouse first thing in the morning on August 2, 2017--Day three, first stop of the Summer Tour. Hayes Center is named after President Rutherford B. Hayes, the county was created in 1877 and later organized in 1884. Both Judge Urbom and Paine hosted the group at several courthouses during the trip. Photo: Justice Stephanie Stacy, Justice William Cassel, Clerk of the District Court Susan...Read more

    Breakfast at the University of Nebraska - Kearney - Day two, visit one of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    Breakfast at the University of Nebraska - Kearney - Day two, visit one of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour 2017

    August 1, 2017
    The second day of the Chief Justice’s Summer Tour started with an early breakfast in the new Health Science Education Complex on University of Nebraska - Kearney campus. Chancellor Doug Kristensen welcomed all guests before introducing the College’s first ‘Kearney Law Opportunities Program’ class. The five participating students have committed to practicing law in a rural community and will receive their Bachelor’s Degree at UNK followed by guaranteed admission to the University of Nebraska...Read more

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