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October 2021
Based on 2021 changes to the laws, we updated What types of alimony are there? in our Maine Divorce page to add economic abuse as one of the exceptional circumstances under which a judge can issue reimbursement support. We also revised Can my alimony be changed? to add “substantial change of financial circumstances” as a requirement for modifying an order, which was a 2019 change to the law but inadvertently left out of that question. We also edited How do I register my protection order in Maine? Do I have to register it to get it enforced? to clarify that a foreign order can be filed in superior court, not just in district court, and we added the related statute to our Selected Maine Statutes page.
Based on 2021 updates to the laws, we revised our Rhode Island Suing an Abuser for Money page to increase the limit for lawsuits from $2,500 to $5,000. In addition, in Am I eligible? Do I file in family court or district court? in our Rhode Island Domestic Violence Restraining Orders page, we added the new category of persons who can file for a restraining order in family court (adult plaintiffs with minor children). We also updated four links to resources on our Rhode Island Custody page.
We created a new question in our West Virginia Financial Exploitation Protective Orders page called In which county should the protective order be filed? and updated What are the steps to getting a financial exploitation protective order? to include the fact that it can be filed in the circuit court, not only the magistrate court. We also added information about the fact that anyone can file a petition on behalf of the victim to Who is eligible for a financial exploitation protective order? Who can file the paperwork?
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added the crime of criminal violation of a protective order to our Connecticut Crimes page in English and Spanish and to our Selected Colorado Statutes page in English. We also revised What can I do if the abuser violates the order? in English and Spanish in our Connecticut Restraining Orders section to reference the crime and to link to it.
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