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August 2019
In Illinois, we added nine new statutes on Firearm Restraining Orders to our Selected Illinois Statutes page.
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added a law regarding modifying and discontinuing protection from abuse orders to our Selected Pennsylvania Statutes page.
We created a new page about Elder Abuse in English in Abuse in Specific Communities. Spanish coming soon!
In our Arkansas Domestic Violence Orders of Protection page, we added information to What can I do if the abuser violates the order? about affirmative defenses that an abuser can claim at trial regarding the petitioner's actions. We also added possible penalties for a Class D felony violation. Changes made in English; Spanish soon to come. We also added two related statutes to our Selected Arkansas Statutes page in English.
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