Nebraska is considering the adoption of proposed standards for the legal representation of minors.

 The proposed standards apply to the appointment and performance of lawyers, serving as advocates for children or their interests, and of Court Appointed Investigators in any case where temporary or permanent legal custody, physical custody, parenting plans, parenting time, access, or visitation are adjudicated, including but not limited to divorce, paternity, parentage, domestic violence, contested adoptions, and contested private guardianship cases. These proposed standards were developed to address the subcommittee’s findings that there is currently a lack of clarity and uniformity regarding representation of children in the specified case types. These standards do not apply to lawyers representing children in abuse and neglect, law violation or status offense cases.