§ 6-1203.Constitutional and statutory authority.
Article 12: Problem-Solving Courts · Last amended September 21, 2016 · Last verified July 22, 2026
Full Text of § 6-1203
Amendment History
§ 6-1203 amended September 21, 2016.
Plain-English Summary
Section 6-1203 is a short attribution: the rules governing problem-solving courts come from article V, § 1 of the Nebraska Constitution, which vests judicial power in the state’s court system, and from Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-1302, the statute that authorizes these specialty court programs. Together, they give the Nebraska Supreme Court the footing to require approval before a problem-solving court can operate and to set the standards the rest of Article 12 lays out.
Knowing the source matters for the same reason it does elsewhere in the rules: it tells a court or litigant that this framework isn’t just internal policy — it rests on the Supreme Court’s constitutional judicial authority combined with legislative authorization, which is part of why the approval and reporting requirements in the following sections carry real weight.
Frequently Asked Questions
What gives the Nebraska Supreme Court authority over problem-solving courts?
Is Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-1302 the only statute involved?
It’s the statute named in this section as authorizing these rules; other statutes, such as those governing confidentiality of substance-use records, come into play elsewhere in the article.
Does this section create any requirements of its own?
Why does the rule need to cite both the Constitution and a statute?
The Constitution gives the Supreme Court its general judicial rulemaking power, while the statute specifically addresses problem-solving court programs, and citing both grounds the rules in each source.
Does this section apply differently to different types of problem-solving courts?
No. It states the authority behind the whole article, which covers drug courts, DUI courts, veterans courts, family treatment courts, and any other problem-solving court the Supreme Court approves.