“The Mental Health Court provides residential, intensive out-patient treatment services for adults with mental health disorders and co-occurring disorders."
ELKO â After a year of transformation, where will 2021 take Elkoâs courts?
Domestic violence trials, a new district court bench and a heavily contested race for a district judge amid a pandemic kept Elko County courts busy throughout 2020.
As for 2021, District Judge Al Kacin said he and judges-elect Kriston Hill and Mason Simons plan âto hit the ground running.â
Hill and Simons were elected to Departments 1 and 3, respectively, in November.
COVID-19 also forced changes within the courts, with delays and changes in how cases are processed. Social distancing was the catalyst to implement virtual proceedings.
A new district court bench created by the Legislature in 2019 also forced Elko County to acquire property for a likely expansion of the countyâs campus. Thatâs another outcome of COVID-19 social distancing regulations, observed Kacin.