(A) On or before January 1, 2022, the county court, district court, and separate juvenile court judges within each judicial district shall jointly adopt a local rule setting out the procedures governing emergency modified court operations in their judicial district.
§ 6-1707.Emergency Modified Court Operations.
Article 17: Uniform Separate Juvenile Court Rules of Practice and Procedure · Last amended November 24, 2021 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis rule required county, district, and separate juvenile court judges in each judicial district to jointly adopt, by January 1, 2022, a local rule governing how the district manages emergency modified court operations.
Full Text of § 6-1707
(B) Such local rule shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Establishing criteria for how the judicial district will determine when emergency modified court operations should be implemented, and when normal court operations should resume;
(2) Listing the stakeholders within the judicial district to include in planning and implementing any emergency modified court operations.
(3) Identifying who within the judicial district will coordinate and facilitate communication with the group of justice stakeholders to plan and implement any emergency modified court operations plan;
(4) Listing all mission essential functions to be considered and addressed in any emergency modified court operations plan; and
(5) Identifying how court users and the public will be informed when emergency modified court operations are implemented and when they are discontinued.
Amendment History
§ 6-1707 adopted November 24, 2021.
Plain-English Summary
Section 6-1707 restates, for the separate juvenile court context, the same emergency-preparedness requirement that Section 6-1528 imposes on district courts. County, district, and separate juvenile court judges within each judicial district had to jointly adopt a local rule, by January 1, 2022, setting out the procedures for emergency modified court operations.
The required contents match Section 6-1528: criteria for deciding when to start and end modified operations, identification of stakeholders to include in planning, a designated coordinator for communicating with those stakeholders, a list of mission-essential functions any emergency plan must address, and a method for telling the public and court users when modified operations begin and end. The local rule adopted under this section is governed by Section 6-1702, the general local-rule provision applicable to separate juvenile courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
What did this rule require judicial districts to do, and by when?
Jointly adopt a local rule, involving county, district, and separate juvenile court judges, setting out procedures for emergency modified court operations, on or before January 1, 2022.
What topics does the required local rule have to cover?
Criteria for starting and ending emergency modified operations, the stakeholders to include in planning, who coordinates communication among them, the mission-essential functions to address, and how the public will be informed.
Is this rule different from the district court version in Section 6-1528?
The substance is the same; this section applies the requirement within the separate juvenile court context, and both rules called for one jointly adopted local rule per judicial district covering all three court types.
What governs the process for adopting this local rule?
Section 6-1702, the general provision on local rules and local administrative orders in the separate juvenile courts.
Does this rule specify the actual emergency procedures a district must follow?
No. It requires the district to adopt its own local rule addressing the listed topics; the specific procedures are left to that local rule.
Source & verification. Section text and amendment history are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Judicial Branch, adopted by the
Supreme Court of Nebraska. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
Official source
Also known as: juvenile court emergency operations rulejoint local rule emergency plan nebraskamission essential functions juvenile courtcourt closure plan juvenile districtemergency modified operations deadline 2022