Atlantic Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court serving Long County (Judge Charles B. Dixon; Patricia Waye)

Long County's veterans docket is the Atlantic Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court - the Council of Accountability Court Judges' directory lists it under Judge Charles B. Dixon with coordinator Patricia Waye, serving "Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Tattnall" since July 2016 - the 24-month, four-phase programme run from the circuit's accountability courts office in Hinesville whose fees total $2,000; the statute is O.C.G.A. 15-1-17.

Also called: veterans court, veterans treatment court, VTC, Atlantic Judicial Circuit, Atlantic Circuit, Charles B. Dixon, Patricia Waye, 912-368-5897, accountability courts, 15-1-17, Hinesville, Ludowici, Ludowici.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Long County, GACounty

The court. The Council of Accountability Court Judges' directory: "Atlantic Circuit Veterans Treatment Court ... Program Judge(s): Judge Charles B. Dixon. Program Coordinator: Patricia Waye. Counties Served: Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Tattnall. Program Implemented: July 2016." The programme's own text is carried on the Liberty County entry of this catalog: a 24-month, four-phase track for veterans of any discharge charged with a felony or a misdemeanour carrying 24 months' probation whose PTSD, TBI, mental illness or substance use led to the offence, with fees totalling $2,000 and the coordinator at 912-368-5897 ext. 1651 in Hinesville. The statute and the route. Georgia's accountability courts, including veterans treatment courts, rest on Code section 15-1-17; see the Georgia entry. A Long County case enters through defence counsel, the District Attorney or the coordinator at the circuit's accountability courts office; the circuit's Superior Court sits in Long County for Long cases, and the docket itself is run from Hinesville.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Atlantic Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court serving Long County (Judge Charles B. Dixon; Patricia Waye)
Gate	Rule
Justice-involved veteran	For a veteran with a qualifying charge who is referred and accepted. A disability rating is not the test, and the court takes any discharge.

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