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July 2018

Based on an addition to Illinois law that allows a judge to order a cell phone carried to transfer an account to the victim of abuse, we added information to How can a plenary order of protection help me? in English and Spanish.

We created a new North Dakota Sexual Assault Restraining Orders page in the Restraining Orders section and added 3 corresponding statutes to the Selected North Dakota Statutes page.

We added a Risk Protection Orders page in our Florida Restraining Orders section. Spanish translation coming soon!

We updated the Divorce information in Utah, adding information on residency, grounds and alimony requirements, and added two related statutes to our Selected Utah Statutes page.

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