In honor of Constitution Day, the Nebraska Court of Appeals held argument sessions on the campus of Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska on September 14, 2017. The Court of Appeals divided into its customary two panels with Chief Judge Frankie Moore presiding over the morning panel and Judge...

The Supreme Court’s Committee on Problem-Solving Courts established a Reentry Court subcommittee in October 2016 to study the use and implementation of reentry courts in Nebraska. This effort was in response to the Legislature’s establishment of post-release supervision and its endorsement of the...

Journalists were welcomed into the Beatrice probation office by Judge Linda Bauer for a ‘getting to know you’ session on August 31, 2017. In her opening remarks, Bauer noted that the purpose of the program was for the courts and reporters to become acquainted. “As a judiciary, we recognize that the...

Probation’s Deputy Administrators Deb Minardi and Gene Cotter have been elected to the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) Board of Directors. Deputy Administrator Deb Minardi will serve as Vice-President of APPA and Executive Board member. Deputy Administrator Gene Cotter joins Ms...

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.