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But, he said, she is still deeply troubled by what happened and by how long it took to resolve. 16 months that she cannot get Catlett said. On Monday, Hastings at- torney Bob Sullivan, who represents Michael Burns, said the Nebraska Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys prohibit him from commenting. can I allow my client to comment on it while the matter is still pending in the court he said in an email. Sullivan filed a motion for temporary custody in the district court and asked for a rehearing in the Court of Appeals.

If the rehearing is denied, the case likely will be ap- pealed to the Nebraska Su- preme Court. Catlett said he sees motions as delay tactics to keep the case from being remanded to district court sooner. In a phone interview, Ker- ry Burns, who lives in Wich- ita, said this is the sixth time her ex-husband has sued for custody, the first since he was appointed a county judge in 2011. The day the appeals court issued its opinion, she said, she emailed him to say that she wanted to pick up their son after school the next day. He respond, she said, and she learned the next day from her son that his dad had taken him from school to the Fillmore County Courthouse in Geneva.

In an affidavit filed later in court, Michael Burns said he had wanted to avoid any commotion or potential confrontation at school. On Dec. 2, Kerry fi- ance took a video on his cell- phone as he waited with her outside of Michael courtroom to see her son. The Fillmore County Sheriff asked her what was going on, and when she said she was there to pick up her son he told her she have custody. He said a print-out of the decision a court order because it signed by a judge.

When Michael Burns came into the hallway, he told her custody change as a result of the Court of Appeals decision. until a mandate has he said. Appeals Court Judge Francie Riedman, who wrote the Dec. 1 Burns v. Burns de- cision, said because Michael Burns failed to serve Kerry Burns by Dec.

28, 2013, the action stood dismissed on that day. all court orders issued after Dec. 28, 2013, were also she wrote, saying that the district court and the Court of Appeals both lacked the power to de- termine the merits of the ap- plication to change custody. But last week, Doyle a judge appointed in 2014 to hear the case because he is from a different judicial district than Michael Burns took up the motion for temporary custody. In an affidavit supporting the motion seeking tempo- rary custody, Michael Burns said his son has thrived since moving to Sutton to live with him and his current wife.

He also said Kerry Burns refused to bring their son back to Nebraska the night of Dec. 6, a date agreed to in a visitation schedule set up after the trial. Catlett argued in an over- the-phone hearing before Doyle on Thursday that the court had no jurisdiction, as the appeals court said in its order. On Friday, Doyle issued an order directing Kerry Burns to immediately return the teenager to his cus- tody so he can continue to attend classes in Nebraska at least until Christmas break. Monday night, his moth- er said the boy is going to school in Kansas and is hap- py and relieved to be home.

ruling came in a week after (he) start- ed school in she said in an email. does not want to return to his Kerry Burns said she plans to appeal last order and said she assumes the Appeals Court will restate that he does not have juris- diction and there is no case on which to rule. was no pending case in district court and I was not served with a sum- she said. office called telling me about the telephonic hearing and his bailiff told me that if I show up, the judge just might rule in favor. felt like a back-room deal that the judge ruled in favor, simply be- cause Mike asked him to do it, regardless of the law, re- gardless of evidence lacking, regardless of the best inter- est of the She said she hopes she and Michael Burns can agree on a new parenting plan for the eighth-grade boy.

Reach the writer at 402-473-7237 or On Twitter Custody Continued from B1 Ricketts said many peo- ple at his town hall meet- ings across the state were unaware of the credits, even though they appear as line items on county- issued tax statements. on there, but you really have to kind of look at it to find out what that amount Hadley said. Many property owners who pay their taxes as part of their mortgage ever read the statement itself, Ricketts said. The state will begin mail- ing postcards this week to coincide with annual tax statements being delivered by counties. Any landowner earning at least $50 in cred- its, and whose properties centrally assessed by the state, will receive a postcard.

The mailers will cost the state about $274,000. Ricketts said providing tax relief is important, but have to communicate as The postcards will bring more attention to the cred- its, but that mean needed to address property taxes in Nebraska, said John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union. see what that number is, but still going to look at the bottom Hansen said. though it is helpful, our farmers are looking at the lowest net farm income in nine years and the highest property taxes that ever paid in their A group of state senators spent much of the fall studying how to address the issue, but the discus- sion also included making existing property tax credits more visible. Ricketts said Tuesday he is working with Hadley and other senators, including Revenue Chairman Mike Gloor and Education Chair- woman Kate Sullivan, on possible tax relief measures to introduce next year in the Legislature.

But Nebraskans should not expect any total solu- tions during the 60-day legislative session that starts in January, Hadley warned. can start mak- ing inroads to solving the Reach the writer at 402-473-7234 or On Twitter Tax Continued from B1 By DON WALTON Lincoln Journal Star Rep. Brad Ashford of Omaha has endorsed Hill- ary bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. endorsement preceded sched- uled appearance in Omaha on Wednesday, when she will speak at a public event at the Sokol Auditorium af- ter attending a fundraiser with Omaha investor War- ren Buffett. decades of pub- lic service have prepared her to lead our nation dur- ing these turbulent Ashford said in an en- dorsement statement.

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