Hidalgo County Veterans Court

Hidalgo County runs a veterans treatment court under Government Code chapter 124; see the Texas entry for the statute's eligibility and dismissal rules. The Office of Court Administration's specialty court registry of October 1, 2026 lists the Hidalgo County Veterans Court, presided over by Judge Orlando J. Esquivel, with Clemente Garza of the Hidalgo County Community Supervision and Corrections Department as coordinator ([email protected]). Funding. On December 16, 2025 the Commissioners Court accepted the FY 2026 Veterans Court grant from the Office of the Governor's Criminal Justice Division, $113,795.97 for September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026. Who. The County and the department publish no eligibility rules, offence list, fee or discharge test, and the department's website did not load. Chapter 124 sets the floor: a veteran or current member, Guard, reserve and State Guard included, with a service-related brain injury, mental illness or military sexual trauma that affected the offence, or whose participation is likely to protect public safety through rehabilitation, with the prosecutor's consent. Ask the coordinator, or have a defence lawyer ask, whether a case can be referred.