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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...