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    Members of the Nebraska Judicial Branch and Key Journalists Presented With Chairman’s Award by Nebraska Broadcasters Association

    Members of the Nebraska Judicial Branch and Key Journalists Presented With Chairman’s Award by Nebraska Broadcasters Association

    September 27, 2017
    The six-month milestone of the Supreme Court rule allowing Expanded Media Coverage in trial courts was celebrated with awards from Nebraska broadcasters to several of the rule’s founders. Following the September 26, 2017, video conference for reporters, Nebraska Broadcasters Association Executive Director Jim Timm presented Judicial Branch and broadcast industry individuals with the prestigious NBA Chairman’s Award in appreciation for work regarding media cameras in the Nebraska courtrooms...Read more

    Clerk Magistrates Receive “Above and Beyond Awards”

    Clerk Magistrates Receive “Above and Beyond Awards”

    September 22, 2017
    Six Nebraska Clerk Magistrates were recognized by State Court Administrator Corey Steel during the September 2017 Clerk Magistrate’s meeting in Lincoln. “Above and Beyond” awards were given to the individuals listed below for exemplary efforts in addition to their daily duties with the court system: Darla Schiefelbein (photo: top right) was commended for her work with the Guardian Conservator Committee, Office of Public Guardian Advisory Council, Clerk Magistrate’s Education Committee and as a...Read more

    Probation Vigilant in Incident Reporting and System Self-Evaluation

    Probation Vigilant in Incident Reporting and System Self-Evaluation

    September 21, 2017
    The Administrative Office of Probation (Probation) is responsible for statewide administration of intake and detention alternatives, investigations and assessments, case management/supervision and services, placement, reentry, and financial assistance for juveniles. Youth supervised by Probation are not wards of the State, they have parents, are under the jurisdiction of the court, and Probation is not a custodian of youth. During fiscal year 15/16 Probation supervised 6,223 youth and in 16/17...Read more

    Constitution Day with Court of Appeals at Hastings College September 2017

    Constitution Day with Court of Appeals at Hastings College September 2017

    September 19, 2017
    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 Everett Inbody presiding in the afternoon. The Court heard four cases each session, followed by questions and answers with students. Students were provided with detailed descriptions of each case in order...Read more

    Nebraska Supreme Court Approves Nebraska Reentry Court Best Practice Standards

    Nebraska Supreme Court Approves Nebraska Reentry Court Best Practice Standards

    September 19, 2017
    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 expansion of problem-solving courts. The Reentry Court subcommittee began meeting on November 10, 2016, led by co-chairs District Court Judge Paul Vaughan and Pastor Ruth Karlsson, Executive Director...Read more

    First Judicial District Hosts Bench-Media Brown Bag Lunch in Beatrice

    First Judicial District Hosts Bench-Media Brown Bag Lunch in Beatrice

    September 11, 2017
    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 majority of society relies upon the media to provide information that they use to formulate their opinions about the courts and judges,” said Bauer. She continued, “We depend on you, the media, to...Read more

    Deb Minardi and Gene Cotter Installed as Members of National Board

    Deb Minardi and Gene Cotter Installed as Members of National Board

    August 30, 2017
    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. Minardi on the APPA Board as he was elected at the annual APPA Institute Board of Directors meeting to serve as the Regional at Large Representative to the Board. The American Probation and Parole...Read more

    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

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