Orange County Recovery Court

Quick Facts:

Date accepted first participant:
May 2007
Mental health docket frequency:
Weekly
Number of participants per year:
0-50
Clinical eligibility criteria:
  • The court accepts participants with only Axis I diagnoses
    • Clinical exclusion criteria:
  • Developmental disabilities
  • Traumatic brain injuries
    • Legal eligibility criteria:
    • Misdemeanors
    • Misdemeanor probation violations
    • Felonies (property)
    • Felonies (nonviolent)
    • Felony probation violations
    • Significant Violence, Sex Cimes, Arson Crimes
    Case disposition upon successful program completion:
    • Participants' charges may be dismissed upon successful completion
    • Participants' charges may be reduced upon successful completion
    • Participants' time under supervision may be reduced
    • Participants' records may be expunged
    Case disposition upon unsuccessful program completion:
    • Participants must serve their deferred sentence
    • Participants' cases are processed by the mental health court for charges that were held in abeyance
    Court and service components funded by:
  • Municipal funds
  • Municipal mental health funds

    • Orange County Recovery Court

    Contact:

    Name:
    Jim Mahar
    Title:
    Collaboative Court Coordinator
    Organization:
    Orange County Superior Court
    Address:
    700 Civic Center Drive West
    Santa Ana, CA 92702
    Email:
    jmahar@occourts.org
    Phone:
    714-569-2007

    Orange County Recovery Court

    General: Jurisdiction, History, and Planning

    Grantee Year:
    Urban
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    Date accepted first participant:
    May 2007
    Mental health docket frequency:
    Weekly
    Number of participants per year:
    0-50
    Planning and oversight/advisory group:
  • The court had a planning committee that has evolved into an oversight/advisory capacity
    • Oversight group members:
  • Line-level law enforcement official
  • Community mental health service provider
  • Supervisory-level law enforcement official
  • Judicial officer (e.g. a judge or magistrate)
  • Court administrator / program director
  • Prosecutor
  • Public defender
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