- Send Lawyers, Experts and Active Effort: Recent Developments in Nebraska Case Law Interpreting the Indian Child Welfare Act, Sarah Helvey and the Honorable Patrick Runge, The Nebraska Lawyer, January 2010, Analyzes 2009 Nebraska appellate court decisions regarding ICWA.
- Interveniarmus! A Muggle Lawyer's Guide to Intervening in Juvenile Court, Jackie Madara-Campbell, The Nebraska Lawyer, June 2009, Provides an introduction to intervening in juvenile court
- Federal Foster Care Financing Issues in Nebraska, Sarah Helvey, The Nebraska Lawyer, November/December 2008, Discusses Nebraska's low penetration rate for federal IV-E reimbursements for foster care and how it can be improved
- Rights and Responsibilities of Foster Parents in the Courtroom, Hon. Douglas Johnson, The Judges Page, Discusses the recent federal law requiring foster parents and caregivers to receive notice of hearings and providing them the opportunity to be heard in proceedings
- Policy Brief: Relative Placement in Nebraska, Nebraska Appleseed, May 2008, Provides an overview of relative placement in Nebraska and guides practitioners through issues involving relative placement
- Caregiver Information Forms: Why your Participation is Needed, Kelli Hauptman, NFAPA Families First newsletter, May-June 2008, Addresses Neb. Rev. Stat. section 43-1314.02 requiring juvenile courts to provide foster parents and caregivers with a caregiver information form and discusses the importance of foster parent input
- Nebraska Creates Interactive Website to Strengthen Child Protection, NCSC Continuing Upward from the Summit, May 2008, Volume 7, Reviews the Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative website
- Nothing Stays the Same, Hon. Everett Inbody, The Nebraska Lawyer, January 2008, Summarizes the appellate timeline changes made for abuse/neglect cases
- Babies Cry for Judicial Leadership: Reasonable Efforts for Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care, Hon. Douglas Johnson, The Judges Page, October 2007, Focuses on what juvenile judges can do to improve the lives of infants and toddlers in foster care
- An Invitation to Success: Creighton Alumnus Douglas Johnson Helps Families Reunite with Zero to Five Family Drug Treatment Court, Eugene Curtin, The Creighton Lawyer Magazine, Fall 2007, Highlights Judge Douglas Johnson's Family Drug Treatment Court for infants and toddlers
- Bearing the Best Interest: The Guardian ad Litem and the "CASA" Volunteer in Juvenile Court Proceedings, Chris Costantakos, The Nebraska Lawyer, June 2007, Defines the roles of the guardian ad litem and CASA volunteer
- Confidentiality in Child Protection Proceedings: Closed Versus Open Hearings - Is There a Better Way?, Hon. Douglas Johnson, The Judges Page, March 2007, Promotes open hearings with judicial discretion to close
- 2008 Juvenile Court Annual Caseload Report, Nebraska Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts
- 2007 Juvenile Court Annual Caseload Report, Nebraska Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts
- The Guardian ad Litem: Parent for the Child in Juvenile Court Proceedings, Robert E. Wheeler, The Nebraska Lawyer, December 2006, Outlines the statutory and caselaw obligations of a guardian ad litem in Nebraska
- Overview of ICWA: "The Most Ignored Federal Law Ever", Sherri Eveleth, The Nebraska Lawyer, August 2005, Outlines the history of the Indian Child Welfare Act and why it is important to Nebraska
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Visas: A Neglected Visa for Neglected Children, Amy Erlbacher-Anderson, The Nebraska Lawyer, May 2004, Discusses use of the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) Visa in juvenile court for children in foster care
- The Myth of Open Adoption: The Perils of Policy, Chris Costantakos, The Nebraska Lawyer, June 2002, Addresses statutory changes in enforcing open adoptions between biological and adoptive parents, and the failures of DHHS implement the changes into policy and practice
- Legal Guardianship of Juveniles as a Permanency Alternative in Nebraska: Some Legal Considerations, Robert E. Wheeler and Michael J. Rumbaugh, The Nebraska Lawyer, June 2002, Outlines the parameters of legal guardianship in juvenile court
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