The Nebraska Court Filing Fees and Costs were updated to reflect new costs based on recent legislative changes. https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/rules/administrative-policies-schedules/fees Changes Include: Criminal/Traffic/Juvenile/Civil Docket Fees pursuant to §33-124 Judges Retirement pursuant...

Focus on Probation Multisystemic Therapy, otherwise known as MST, has been launched in multiple sites across Nebraska. This service, supported by the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation, is key to successful juvenile justice reform. The statewide implementation began May 1, 2017, and...

Effective July 20, 2017, the judgment interest rate will be 3.152%. Both the county court and district court rate tables have been updated in the JUSTICE system. Judgment interest rates since 1987: https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/rules/judgment-interest-rate.pdf

The Juvenile Services Division of the Administrative Office of Probation continues to promote creativity of probation youth through an Annual Art Contest. 2017 marks the second art contest where officers and staff were encouraged to promote entries from probation youth statewide. Fourteen youth...

The minutes of the Nebraska Judicial Resources Commission have been uploaded to the website. Find the minutes, members of the commission and statutory references on the webpage: Judicial Resources Commission Photo: Individuals planning to provide testimony to the Resources Commission sign-in during...

Problem-Solving Court teams from across Nebraska met in May – the month nationally designated as Drug Court Month – for team training and self-assessment of best practice standards. Experts from the National Center for State Courts conducted sessions on the Nebraska Adult Drug Court and DUI Court...

Retired Judge Alan Brodbeck received a standing ovation from the county judges as he accepted a recognition award from Judicial Branch Education chair, Judge Riko Bishop, for his efforts to establish and maintain mandatory judicial branch education in Nebraska. From 1987 until his retirement in...

The Administrative Office of Probation announces the implementation of new “Juvenile Service Definitions and Service Interpretive Guidelines.” Service definitions for probation are consistent with Medicaid and the Division of Behavioral Health’s definitions. Each service definition has a “Service...

The official rollout of electronic delivery of pre-sentence investigation reports (PSIs) to all probation offices and courts has begun. Judicial Branch Education is assisting Information Technology staff from the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation with providing education of the...

The Nebraska Court of Appeals and Supreme Court’s new electronic filing system was selected by StateScoop as the IT Innovation of the Year. The eFiling system was nominated through the courts’ technology partner Nebraska.gov and the award was announced on April 23. Appellate Court eFiling went into...