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November 2023
We updated the information of the seven offices of Acadiana Legal Services Corporation in our Louisiana Legal Assistance page in English and Spanish.
On our U.S. Virgin Islands Restraining Orders page, we revised two questions in our The steps for filing a domestic violence restraining order section to more accurately describe the process and the name of the court where the filing is done.
On our U.S. Virgin Islands State Gun Laws page, we did the following:
- Revised If the abuser has been convicted of a crime, can s/he keep or buy a gun? to clarify what crimes might prevent an abuser from having a gun; and
- Revised I do not have a restraining order against the abuser and s/he has not been convicted of a crime. Can s/he have a gun? to clarify the conditions that may prevent an abuser from having a gun even if they have not been convicted of a crime or the victim does not have a restraining order.
We also added one related statute defining which drugs qualify as controlled substances for the purposes of preventing someone from having a gun to our Selected U.S. Virgin Islands Statutes page.
We updated a resource, Oasis, in our Louisiana Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
On our South Dakota State Gun Laws page, we revised What is the definition of a felony? based on 2023 legislative changes that substituted the term “correctional facility” for “penitentiary.”
On our South Dakota Crimes page, we added the crimes of aggravated battery of an infant, removal of child from state, eavesdropping, and window peeking on private property of another. We also added four related statutes to our Selected South Dakota Statutes page.
