Northampton County Veterans' Court

The Court of Common Pleas runs a Veterans' Court among its treatment courts; its Policy and Procedure Manual dates from October 2024. Who. At application the applicant must be 18 or older, have been discharged from a branch of the U.S. military, have charges or a probation or parole violation pending in Northampton County, be free of disqualifying offences, apply voluntarily, and be competent and willing to take part in treatment and supervision. Disqualifying, in the current charges or the record: murder or manslaughter, felony sex offences, violent offences committed with a firearm, unresolved out-of-county charges, and other charges the Court finds an unreasonable risk. Every application is screened for legal eligibility and VA eligibility; the manual does not say what happens to a veteran VA will not serve, so a veteran with a discharge VA does not recognise should ask. How. Mail or email the Veterans' Court application; the District Attorney decides diversion on new charges, and accepted applicants enter on diversion or after a guilty plea and sentence. The programme has five phases, normally 18 to 24 months, with biweekly team review, drug testing (at the participant's cost unless grant-funded), restitution paid or on a plan before graduation, and a written request for reconsideration of a refusal.