Yolo Superior Court Military Diversion

Military diversion is State law, Penal Code section 1001.80; see the California entry. A current or former service member whose sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, substance abuse or mental health problem results from service can ask the court to pause the case for treatment before trial (for a felony the condition must also have been a significant factor in the offence), and the charges are dismissed on completion. Yolo Superior Court publishes no veterans treatment court, but it adopted a local form in September 2026. The order. "THE COURT grants military diversion under Penal Code section 1001.80" for "12 months" or "24 months". The defendant agrees to the court's orders and a military diversion treatment plan "WHICH MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS ORDER"; consents to sharing medical and psychological records, progress reports and toxicology results with the court; files a progress report with all treatment records no more than five court days before each review hearing; and may not change treatment providers without telling the court. The order and reports are filed confidentially. Conditions the court may add, where it finds a nexus or compelling necessity: obey all laws, appear as ordered, no controlled substances without a prescription, alcohol or marijuana (unless the prescriber says otherwise in writing), drug testing, no weapons or ammunition, and search conditions. How to ask. Through defence counsel or the Public Defender, by motion in the criminal case at the Yolo Superior Court in Woodland.