Fulton County Superior Court Veterans Treatment Court

Fulton County Superior Court's Accountability Court, started in 1997, runs a Veterans Treatment Court, a veterans court division under Code section 15-1-17. Its mission is a court-supervised alternative sentencing programme for people facing a felony charge in Fulton County who have substance use or mental health problems. The county describes the veterans programme, which it calls VETS, as aimed at veterans who entered the justice system through substance abuse after returning from war. In 2024 the Council of Accountability Court Judges recognised it as a Model Court. How it runs. The participant handbook for 2026 sets six phases, each at least three months, averaging 18 to 24 months in all, with drug and alcohol testing, treatment, home visits and monthly court hearings. Fees total $750, payable by phase ($150, $250 and $350), and must be paid off to graduate. Since April 2026 the court's Veterans Mentorship Program pairs participants with trained mentors who are veterans, recruited with 180 Comprehensive Veterans Services. Who can enter. Section 15-1-17 defines a veteran as any former member of the U.S. armed forces or a state's National Guard, with no discharge test, and leaves eligibility to the court's written plan, except that defendants charged with murder, armed robbery, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated child molestation or child molestation cannot enter. A case can be referred before sentence with the prosecutor's consent, as part of a sentence, or on a probation revocation petition. How to be referred. The Accountability Court intake coordinator takes referrals with the defendant's name, case information and a contact number: 678-808-9006, [email protected]. The court is at 515 Fairburn Road SW, Atlanta.