Ronald L. Werkmeister passed away on December 22, 2022. He served as an elected non-lawyer judge in Frontier County beginning January 1969, and, at the age of 26, was the youngest to hold the position of judge in Nebraska. (Currently, each person must be a U.S. citizen, be at least 30 years of age...

Retired Lancaster County Judge Janice Lindquist Gradwohl died December 27, 2022, at her home in Lincoln. Appointed to the bench in 1974, she was the fourth woman to serve on the state court bench and the first female judge in Lancaster County. She retired in 1990. Gradwohl was instrumental in the...

Court and Probation offices will be closed on 1/2/23.

A swearing-in ceremony for Dana Richheart as Clerk Magistrate of Otoe County Court was held on December 19, 2022, in the Otoe County Courthouse in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Judge David Partsch hosted the ceremony with remarks by State Court Administrator Corey Steel. Richheart began her duties as...

Court and Probation offices will be closed on 12/26/22.

For a graphic explanation of where the ticket money goes, download the updated fines and fees chart online: Where the Ticket Money Goes Infographic - 2022 On July 1, 2023, the chart will again be updated to reflect changes to the retirement and State Government account distribution.

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The Douglas County Young Adult Court celebrated graduation at the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha on December 14, 2022. For the graduate, Yiel Chotyiel, the ceremony marks the completion of an intensive program of comprehensive mental health treatment, intensive community supervision, and full...

During the fall of 2022, Associate Public Guardian Susan Mitchell in Omaha identified the potential benefit of therapeutic visitation dogs for her wards residing in residential facilities such as nursing homes. Several of APG Mitchell’s wards lived in the same facility, who did not have a therapy...

The National Guardianship Association’s annual conference was held October 22-25, 2022, in Dallas, Texas. The conference is held annually each October and provides valuable continuing education opportunities for guardians and conservators. Sessions this year focused on reviews of legislative and...