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    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

    Revised Version of Juvenile Services Catalog now Available Online

    Revised Version of Juvenile Services Catalog now Available Online

    August 11, 2017
    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 visual maps of the service locations along with associated levels of service. It also includes, by district, the specific Probation-provided services available in each district with detailed contact...Read more

    Judge Heideman Presents at NADCP Annual Training Conference in Washington DC

    Judge Heideman Presents at NADCP Annual Training Conference in Washington DC

    August 11, 2017
    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 Mandatory Approach to Serve Families In and Outside of Family Drug Court” and included the Honorable William Owens from Wapello County, Iowa, and Phil Breitenbucher, MSW, Director of Family Drug Court...Read more

    Shela Shanks Going Away Party

    Shela Shanks Going Away Party

    August 9, 2017
    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.Read more

    Self-Represented Paternity, Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Forms Created

    Self-Represented Paternity, Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Forms Created

    August 9, 2017
    The Self-Represented Litigation Committee has released a new forms module for the establishment of paternity, custody, parenting time, and child support. The forms, long requested by self-help desks and libraries, are on the Judicial Branch Self-Help Website: www.supremecourt.nebraska.gov/self-help/families-children/establishing-paternity-custody-parenting-time-child-support These forms and instructions are a result of the concentrated work of committee members: Judge Teresa Luther, Hall County...Read more

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