Dearborn County Veterans Treatment Court - the Southeastern Indiana VTC (Judge Jonathan N. Cleary)

What it is. The county's own page: "The Court also has a recovery program for Untied [sic] States Veterans entitled Dearborn County Veterans Treatment Court, certified by the Indiana Judicial Center." Its mission: "to restore honor, rehabilitate and assist veterans in leading a productive and law abiding life, and to promote a safer and stronger community." The page's epigraph is Lincoln's second inaugural - "to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan". How it works. The Southeastern Indiana Veterans Treatment Court (SEIVTC) is "a collaborative effort between the Court, Prosecutor, Court Services Department, Public Defender, Law Enforcement, and the Cincinnati VA Medical Center". "The program, which lasts a minimum 52 weeks, consists of three phases to be followed by at least one year of probation." To be eligible, the offender must be a veteran charged with a non-violent felony or misdemeanor; a screening process weighs the severity of drug or alcohol dependency, prior criminal history and other factors; entering the veteran completes orientation with a case manager, enters a guilty plea and abides by the programme rules as part of a plea agreement, and on successful completion the Prosecutor's office can agree in advance to a reduction in charge, termination of probation or outright dismissal. The court has accepted referrals from surrounding counties - Franklin County's 2018 announcement made five. Where. Dearborn County Veterans Treatment Court, 215 W. High Street, 2nd Floor, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025; (812) 537-8874, fax (812) 532-2032; Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Judge Jonathan N. Cleary presides over Dearborn Superior Court No. 1 and the regional court. The certified route. IC 33-23-16 makes veterans courts permissive (the State entry); the Indiana Office of Court Services' certified problem-solving courts directory is the certification list this court sits on through the Judicial Center's certification.