First Judicial District Veterans Court (Carver County)

Minnesota lets a court defer or divert sentences for veterans, and lets counties and districts run veterans treatment courts, under section 609.1056; see the Minnesota entry. What Carver County says. Court Services' Veterans Court page: "A Veterans Court is a problem-solving court that is intended to serve veterans struggling with addiction, serious mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders. The Court promotes sobriety, recovery, and stability through a coordinated response that involves cooperation and collaboration with the traditional partners found in the problem-solving courts, with the addition of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Veterans Benefits Administration, volunteer veteran mentors, and veterans family support organizations." "Eligibility is evaluated by the First Judicial District Veterans Court team on a case-by-case basis." Who runs it. The page sends veterans to "the First Judicial District Veterans Court Coordinator, Robin Schultz at [email protected] or by phone (952)-496-8469", in Scott County; Carver and Scott counties name the Veterans Court among their shared programmes (joint work session, January 27, 2026). The Judicial Branch's list of operational veterans treatment courts names "Carver-Dakota County (2014)" and, separately, "Scott County (2022)"; Dakota County runs its own court for Dakota cases (the Dakota County entry). Ask the coordinator or defence counsel which team takes a Carver County case.