A specialized Bexar County court designed to address the underlying causes of domestic violence is losing a major source of funding.

Bexar County voters will decide who presides over the State of Texas’ first domestic violence drug court in March.

Earlier this month, staff, supporters and participants of Reflejo Court lined up at the Bexar County Commissioners Court and pleaded with the elected body to not defund the treatment program for first-time domestic violence offenders. One issue: the treatment court was not on the chopping block.

Former staff members who worked in Bexar County’s Reflejo Court have come forward, accusing County Court at Law No. 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez of displaying increasingly erratic and aggressive behavior toward defendants — and retaliating against those who raised concerns.

It's a program that focuses on people involved with domestic violence, but it's not for the survivors. It's for the offenders. The Bexar County Reflejo Court, Court 13, is for first-time domestic violence offenders dealing with substance use. They are put in an intensive program that takes around a year to a year and a half.

Reflejo Court is a 12-month program for first-time offenders of family violence

For the past year, the Bexar County specialty court known as “Reflejo Court” has been working to decrease the number of domestic violence cases in Bexar County.

SAN ANTONIO Following suit to most court proceedings during the pandemic, Bexar Countys latest specialty court began remotely Friday. The court was dubbed Reflejo Court by presiding County Court 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez. She explained that the word reflejo is Spanish for reflection. The name, she said, fits the courts objectives. The court is funded through a $100,000 contribution from Bexar County and a $68,800 grant from the Alamo Area Council of Governments. RELATED: Bexar County judge conducts court hearings from home