Lockenour ex rel. Dorothy v. Sculley ex rel. Sculley

Severs, Judge.

This case addresses the ability of an appellate court to review the appropriateness of a protection order entered against a minor when the appellate court’s record lacks a bill of exceptions of the evidentiary proceedings in the district court.

BACKGROUND

On April 29, 1998, Connie Lockenour filed an application and affidavit for a protection order in the district court for Dawson County, Nebraska. The preprinted form indicated that Lockenour was filing on behalf of her 13-year-old son, Andrew Dorothy. The application was filed against a classmate of Andrew’s at Lexington Junior…