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Douglas County Conciliation and Mediation Services
Hall of Justice
1701 Farnam Street, 1st Floor
Omaha, NE 68183
(402) 444-7168

PARENT SEMINAR ATTENDANCE INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS

If you are a party to a dissolution with children, a paternity action involving custody and/or parenting time with children, or a modification to one of those actions, the District Court requires your attendance of “What About the Children,” a parent education seminar, preferably within 60 days following the filing of your action. The seminar is partly education, and partly to prepare you for working out your Parenting Plan which will be included with your decree or modification, and should therefore be attended prior to working our your plan. The seminar is presented on alternating Thursdays from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.; it is necessary for you to register for the session you plan to attend. Call 444-7168 and follow the voice mail prompts. If you have your docket and page number you may also register on this site. You are expected to remain for the entire seminar presentation. Attendance sheets are distributed during the last part of the session.

Payment of $50 fee is required prior to seminar attendance.

Please mail to:
Clerk of the District Court
1701 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68183

Please arrive inside the courthouse by 4:45 p.m., and come to the Conciliation Office located on the Harney St. level (lower level) of the building. The courthouse doors are locked shortly thereafter; if you are unavoidably detained you may enter the building through the Farnam Street entrance to the Civic Center until 5:00 p.m. Due to security precautions no admittance is permitted after that time.

You will be given exit directions at the close of the seminar, since exits are limited after the building has been secured. You are required to be screened upon entry to the courthouse by electronic metal detectors, so please leave behind any knives, work tools, box cutters, pepper sprays or other similar items which could be considered as weapons and could set off the metal detector. Such items will be confiscated by security personnel and will not be returned to you, or you must return them to your vehicle before you will be allowed entry to the courthouse.
Stepparents, significant others or extended family members who spend time with your children are welcome to attend but also must register and sign in on the attendance sheet. Please do not bring infants or children; the topics covered are for adults only.

Should a problem arise regarding your attendance after you have registered for a seminar, please contact our office at 444-7168. Attendance changes cannot be accomplished through this site and also require a phone call.

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