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April 2024

We updated five resources on our Puerto Rico Statewide Programs page in English and Spanish.

In our Preparing for Court - By Yourself section, we added the question Do I need a subpoena for potential witnesses to testify? to our Before the Trial sub-section in English and Spanish.

We created a new Delaware Sexual Violence Protective Orders section based on new laws that went into effect in October 2023. The new section has 19 new questions, and we also added four related statutes to our Selected Delaware Statutes page.

On our Nebraska Download Court Forms page, we added links to the Nebraska Judicial Branch website’s forms for harassment protection orders, sexual assault protection orders, divorce, and child support. 

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