Bannock County Domestic Violence Court

The Bannock County Domestic Violence Court program provides a simplified court process of “one family one judge”, for cases involving domestic violence, through centralized case management, victim services and rapid accountability for offenders. The criminal misdemeanor docket is a fast track court, and typical dispositions take sixty (60) days. Bannock County Courts partnered with multiple community stakeholders to build a strong domestic violence court model based on offender accountability and victim safety.

Bannock County Domestic Violence Court is funded through a grant from the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Grant Program (ICJR Program), is designed to treat domestic/sexual violence as serious violations of criminal law by encouraging collaborative partnerships among state, local, and tribal governments and courts. Bannock County was awarded the ICJR Program grant on September 17, 2019 in the amount of $499,951. Bannock County is funded under the ICJR grant from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2022.