Chief Justice Mike Heavican will give his 11th annual State of the Judiciary address to the Legislature at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 18, 2018, in the Legislative Chamber. NET Television will air the speech on NET2 as part of its regular legislative coverage which can be viewed online at NET's...

The Probation Juvenile Services Division’s Detailed Analysis for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 report has been published to the Judicial Branch Website and is available to the public. The Nebraska Juvenile Probation System strives to provide a balanced approached to justice. While juvenile probation...

Linda Mitchell, Neligh, has been selected to serve as Antelope County Clerk Magistrate. She began her duties on January 2, 2018, replacing retired Clerk Magistrate Barb Finn. Mitchell began working with the county court system on March 1, 1985, as a Court Stenographer. On February 1, 1999, she was...

This year’s Office of Public Guardian Annual report case data reaffirms the previous years’ data regarding the complexity of wards and protected persons served by the office. The timeframe for data is December 2016 to November 2017, unless indicated as aggregate data. As of November 30, 2017 the...

Kerry Sides, Financial Service Representative at Adams Bank and Trust, has been selected to serve as Lincoln County Clerk Magistrate in North Platte. Sides lives in Hershey, Nebraska, and will begin work with the court system December 18, 2017. She replaces former Clerk Magistrate Melissa Ireland...

The Nebraska Supreme Court has appointed Brandie M. Fowler as the state’s new Child Support Referee. Fowler is currently a private practice lawyer in Bellevue whose experience is primarily in the areas of juvenile and family law. As an advocate for children, Fowler has represented the best interests...

Lisa Johnson, Court Records Clerk, has been selected to serve as Howard County Court Clerk Magistrate in St. Paul, Nebraska. Johnson will begin her duties on December 1, 2017, replacing retired Clerk Magistrate Marsha Anderson. Johnson has worked in Howard County Court since 2011, and prior to that...

LINCOLN – David J. A. Bargen, Adams; Melodie T. Bellamy, Kearney; S. Colin Palm, Bellevue; and Lawrence E. Welch, Jr., Beaver Lake, have submitted applications for appointment as Court of Appeals Judge in the 5th Judicial District consisting of Adams, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax, Fillmore, Gage, Hall...

The Douglas County Adult Drug Court will hold its 99th ceremony and celebration on December 7, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. at the Omaha/Douglas County Civic Center Legislative Chambers in Omaha, Nebraska. For Drug Court graduates, the ceremony marks the completion of an intensive program of comprehensive...

Patrick R. McDermott, county court judge of the 5th Judicial District, is retiring effective January 31, 2018, after 20 years on the bench. In his retirement letter to the Chief Justice and the Governor, Judge McDermott noted, “Words cannot express the honor, joy and satisfaction that come with the...