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August 2018
Based on changes to Virginia law, we added information about protections regarding a victim's cell phone to the questions How can a preliminary protective order help me? and How can a (final) protective order help me? Changes made in English. Spanish coming soon!
Based on changes to the law, we updated the question How will the amount of child support be decided? in English and Spanish in our Nevada Child Support section. We also added a new statute in English to the Selected Nevada Statutes page.
We updated the Divorce information in Wisconsin, adding information on residency, grounds and alimony requirements, and added three related statutes to our Selected Wisconsin Statutes page.
We added 8 statutes related to workplace protections for domestic violence victims in New Mexico to the Selected New Mexico Statutes page.
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