Douglas County District Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

The filing party must register with or contact Conciliation within 10 days after filing the initial complaint.

Within ten (10) days of filing an initial complaint in a domestic-relations matter involving children, the filing party shall be required to register with or contact Conciliation.

CRITICAL

Written objections to the agreement must be sent to the mediator or facilitator within 21 days from the date of the notice.

The notice shall inform the parties and their attorneys that they have twenty-one (21) days from the date of the notice to notify the mediator or facilitator of any written objections to the terms of the agreement.

CRITICAL

A continuance motion or application must be filed before the time set for the matter sought to be continued.

Motions or applications for continuance of any matter shall state the reasons a continuance should be granted and must be filed before the time set for the matter sought to be continued.

CRITICAL

The parent education class must be completed within 30 days after registering with or contacting Conciliation unless an extension is granted, and a case-specific court deadline may require earlier completion.

Completion of the class is required within 30 days of registering with or contacting Conciliation unless an extension is granted. However, be aware that any court deadline in your specific case may require sooner completion.

CRITICALCivil cases

A proposed scheduling order must be submitted to the District Court Administrator within four months after filing in non-criminal cases.

To facilitate compliance, a Proposed Scheduling Order (PSO) shall be submitted to the District Court Administrator in all non-criminal cases within four (4) months after the filing of the case.

CRITICAL

Deadline

24 hours

The non-moving party must submit responsive affidavits to the Court within twenty-four hours before the hearing.

The non-moving party shall submit to the Court and the moving party or counsel for the moving party, if the moving party is represented, any responsive affidavit(s) within twenty-four (24) hours prior to the hearing.

CRITICAL

An exception must be filed within fourteen days after the Referee’s Report is filed.

The Exception must be filed within fourteen days of the filing of the Referee’s Report.

CRITICAL

Deadline

5 business days

Attorneys and self-represented litigants must notify Conciliation of a court-ordered mediation and provide all necessary party information within five business days.

The attorneys or self-represented litigants shall notify Conciliation when mediation has been ordered by the Court and shall provide Conciliation with all necessary party information within five (5) business days.

CRITICAL

Deadline

48 hours

The moving party must provide supporting affidavits to the Court at least forty-eight hours before the hearing.

The moving party shall provide the Court and opposing counsel or the non-moving party, if not represented, the supporting affidavits at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the hearing, together with a notice of the hearing.

CRITICAL

Unless the court orders otherwise, a motion or similar filing requiring a hearing must be filed before the scheduled hearing.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, all motions or similar filings which require a hearing shall be filed in the case prior to the scheduled hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

If no proposed scheduling order is submitted within four months, the Administrator must notify each party by mail or email, and the matter will be dismissed unless the order is submitted within 30 days of the notice.

If a PSO is not submitted within four (4) months, the District Court Administrator shall give notice by mail or email to each party that, within thirty (30) days from the date of the notice, the matter will be dismissed unless a PSO is submitted to the District Court Administrator.

CRITICAL

The party served must register with or contact Conciliation within 10 days after service of process.

Within ten (10) days of service of process, the party served shall likewise be required to register with or contact Conciliation as described above.

WARNING

Deadlines in this section exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and the statute-defined nonjudicial days.

The deadlines within this section exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and nonjudicial days as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Cum. Supp. 2024).

WARNING

Before judgment, a party in default may seek to file the pleading upon motion, notice, and a showing of good cause, within the time and on the terms set by the court.

A party in default of a pleading may, before judgment on motion, notice, and good cause shown, file the same within such time and upon such terms as the court may order.

WARNING

A party granted leave to amend who misses the court's time limit is considered to have elected to stand on the former pleading.

A party who has obtained leave to amend a pleading, but fails to do so within the time limited, shall be considered as electing to abide by his former pleading.