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June 2025
We added 16 new crimes to our New Mexico Crimes and Selected New Mexico Statutes pages. Crimes added in English; Spanish coming soon!
To prepare our Kentucky Custody section for translation into Spanish, we revised 16 questions for clarity and accuracy. This included separating the questions Can a parent who committed violence get custody? and Can a parent who committed violence get visitation? to make it easier for survivors to find the information they’re looking for. We also created the new question Does a temporary custody agreement or power of attorney entered into while one parent is deployed have to be filed in court?
In our Oklahoma Restraining Orders section, we revised:
- Step 5: Service of process, based on a change in the law that clarifies the service of process on respondents in custody; and
- Can I have my out-of-state protection order changed, extended, or canceled in Oklahoma? for clarity and readability.
On our Georgia Custody page, we created the new subsection Steps to file for custody, which reorganized the steps into six separate questions, making it easier for users to find the information they need:
- Considerations before filing
- Step 1: Prepare for the case
- Step 2: File and serve the custody petition
- Step 3: Preliminary court dates
- Step 4: Reach an agreement or go to trial
- Step 5: Options if you disagree with the order
These questions explain the usual stages in a custody case and cross-link to other relevant information on our website. Spanish translation coming soon!
We also reorganized the page to make it easier for users to find the information they need by moving:
- How will a judge make a decision about custody? and At what age can my child decide who s/he wants to live with? to The custody process section; and
- If a custody/visitation order is already in place, can I get it changed? and If I move to a new state, can I transfer my child custody case there? to a new section, After an order is in place.
