Nebraska

Delinquency and dependency proceedings: The relevant statute does not specify whether juvenile court proceedings are open to the public in Nebraska. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-247 (2011).

Delinquency and dependency records: In all juvenile court proceedings, pleadings, orders, decrees and judgments are public documents, while medical, psychiatric and social welfare reports and the records of juvenile probation officers as they relate to individual proceedings in juvenile court are confidential. Id. § 43-2,108.

Restrictions on coverage: Nebraska law allows child victims and witnesses 11 years old or younger to testify about any felony offense outside the presence of the defendant via video-recorded testimony. The statute does not specify whether the public and media may remain in the courtroom during this testimony. Id. § 29-1926.

Cameras: Although court rules for expanded media coverage of Nebraska trial courts explicitly prohibit the broadcasting, recording and photographing of juvenile proceedings, such coverage is permissible if all parties, including a parent or guardian of a minor, consent on the record. Neb. R. 2.