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December 2018
We added the crime of "aggravated family offense" to our New York Crimes page in Engilsh and Spanish and to our Selected New York Statutes page in English.
Based on an addition to Michigan law, we added information to Will I have to face the abuser in court to get a PPO? about the possibility of appearing in court via video conferencing. in English and Spanish. We also revised the information in English in Does it cost anything to register my protection order? and added the relevant statute to our Selected MI Statutes page.
Based on an addition to Michigan laws, we added information to three questions in our Restraining Orders section about the judge being able to order an abuser not to attend school in the same building as a minor sexual assault victim. Changes were made in English and Spanish in the Domestic Relationship Personal Protection Orders section. In the other two sections, Spanish is soon to come!
We revised the information on our Michigan Non-Domestic Stalking Personal Protection Orders page and added a new question called Can a minor file for an order? Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon.
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