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Based on 2017 changes to the West Virginia law, we updated the question What type of emergency protective order can I get if I am in the middle of a divorce, annulment, or separate maintenance or custody case? in our Protective Orders page.

We added Spanish translations to all 42 Virginia local programs on our Lugares que Ayudan: Virginia (Places that Help) page.

We updated the Montana Download Court Forms page and added links to forms related to parenting plans and divorce.

We updated the California Download Court Forms page in English and Spanish.

We translated into Spanish the California state-specific Gun Violence Restraining Orders page.

Based on an addition to Ohio law that clarifies how service of a protection order relates to being prosecuted for violating the order, we added information to the question “What happens if the abuser violates the order?” in the Stalking or Sexually Oriented Offense Protection Order section and in the Domestic Violence Protection Order section.

We added The West Virginia Lawyer Referral Service to our West Virginia Lawyer Referral Services page.

We updated the information on the Iowa Lawyer Referral Services page.

We added a resource to our Arkansas Lawyer Referral Services page.

We added 2 resources, Pathways to Safety International and Vital Voices Global Partnership, to our National Organizations American Women Abroad page. 

We edited and updated our Safety When Using Email page in English and Spanish.

We translated into Spanish the new version of our Domestic Violence page and Emotional Abuse - the English was updated in December 2017.

We updated and added information in the Michigan Domestic Relationship Protection Orders page.

We updated the links on our Chats and Message Boards page in English and Spanish.

We added Volunteers of Legal Service to our New York City Legal Assistance page in English.

We updated our Connecticut Statewide Programs, Lawyer Referral Services, and Legal Assistance pages in English - a total of 16 resources. Spanish coming soon! 

We added the crime of “financial identify fraud or identity fraud” to our South Carolina Crimes page. 

We updated the Rhode Island Lawyer Referral Services page.

We added a new page on Abuse Involving Cyber-Surveillance/Connected Devices in our Abuse Using Technology section in English. Spanish translation coming soon!

We added information to the question “If someone shares my sexual or personal images, is that a crime? What is the crime commonly called?” in our Abuse Involving Nude/Sexual Images (photos/videos) page in English and Spanish.

We added the crimes of nonconsensual disclosure of private intimate images and identity theft to our West Virginia Crimes page and State Statutes page.

We added the crime of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images to our Oklahoma Crimes page and State Statutes page.

We added the crime of distributing a private image with intent to harass, threaten, coerce, or intimidate the person depicted to the Alabama Crimes page.

We translated our Maryland Local Programs pages into Spanish.

We added the crime of identity theft to our Missouri Crimes page and State Statutes page.

We added the crime of identity theft to our Minnesota Crimes page and State Statutes page.

Based on an addition to North Carolina law, we added information about the standard for modifying a 50B protective order in the question Can I modify or extend my order?  We also re-wrote the rest of the question to clarify/revise the information about extending an order.  All changes were done in Spanish and English.

Based on a recent change to New Jersey law that requires law enforcement to accompany the respondent in a restraining order case to seize his/her firearms, we updated the question How can a restraining order help me? in English and Spanish.

We added Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) as a resource to our Pet Safety page in English and Spanish. 

We completely revised, augmented, and re-organized our New Jersey State Gun Laws page and added 5 related statutes to our Statutes page!  The changes were made in English. Spanish coming soon!

We added a new Recording page in our Abuse Using Technology section in English.  Spanish translation coming soon!

We translated into Spanish the recently-updated section on Sexual Assault/Rape under Forms of Abuse.

Based on changes to Maryland law regarding the definition of child abuse, we updated What is the legal definition of domestic abuse in Maryland? on our Maryland Domestic Violence Protective Orders page.  We also updated our Maryland Crimes page based on the elimination of two sexual offense crimes.   All changes were made in Spanish and English.

We translated the Parental Kidnapping information for Maryland.

We updated 4 resources on our Maryland Statewide Programs page in English. Spanish coming soon!

We updated Who can get a protective order? based on a change in Louisiana law that allows a current or former live-in intimate partner to file for a protective order.  We also updated How can a protective order help me? and How can a sexual assault protective order help me? based on other changes to Louisiana law.

We updated all 13 resources on our Kansas Legal Assistance and Lawyer Referral Services pages.

We updated a local program on our Utah Advocates and Shelters page.  

We added a state-specific Maine Divorce page and three corresponding statutes to our State Statutes page.

On our Where to Find Help page we added 2 Ohio resources and updated 1 Colorado and 1 Tennessee resource.

In D.C., we added information in English and Spanish about the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to the question What will happen if the abuser tries to purchase a gun?  We will soon make the same changes in every state! 

In response to an Email Hotline inquiry, we added 4 new laws to the D.C. Statutes page regarding parental kidnapping.  We also added a link to the definition of parental kidnapping in English and Spanish on our Crimes page.

We added a new Kentucky Housing Laws page on housing protections for victims of domestic violence, interpersonal violence, and certain crimes.

We updated and added some information to our general Parental Kidnapping page in English and Spanish.

We added information to the question What is virtual visitation? in our page about about Ways Courts Use Technology. It includes information on how virtual visitation could be requested as part of a relocation request. Both in English and Spanish.

We updated resources on our State Resources: Oregon page in English. (42 updated resources on our Oregon Local Programs page; 2 on our Statewide Programs page; 1 on our Lawyer Referral Services page; and 19 on our Legal Assistance page.)

We added information about the abuser paying for the victim’s costs in the question How can a protective order help me? in our Louisiana Protective Orders (for Domestic Abuse) section.

We added the crime of misuse of identification to our Maine Crimes page and State Statutes page.

We added the crime of identity theft to the Kentucky Crimes page and State Statutes page.

We added the crime of identity theft to the Iowa Crimes page and State Statutes page.

We revised the information on our Mississippi Divorce page regarding irreconcilable differences.

We added a new resource for crime victims to our Arkansas Crimes page in English and Spanish.

We updated resources on our Michigan Where to Find Help page in English. Spanish soon to come! (1 Statewide; 36 Legal Assistance; 6 Lawyer Referral Services)  

We re-wrote the Enforcing an Out-of-State Protection Order in Alaska page based on changes to the law that take effect on September 17, 2017.

We added a state-specific Divorce page in Minnesota and 3 corresponding statutes in the State Statutes page.

We added a page in Washington on Extreme Risk Protection Orders in English and 8 corresponding statutes to the State Statutes page.

In our Hawaii Know the Laws section, we added information to the question What types of orders for protection are there? How long do they last? about an order for a “period of separation” that police officers can issue.  We also added the corresponding statute to our Statutes page.

We added a small section in English and Spanish to our Colorado Restraining Orders section called Civil Protection Order Filed by an Employer in order to clarify that an employer can file for a domestic violence protection order, which is not the case in most states.

We added a California Workplace Violence Restraining Order page in English to provide information on the corresponding state statute.

We added new information in English and Spanish to our Washington Restraining Orders section (in multiple questions) about the penalty for violating each type of protection order. 

We added ”eavesdropping” in Spanish to our Illinois Crimes page.

We added information to our Washington Sexual Assault Protection Orders section in English and Spanish about the factors that a judge will consider when deciding whether or not to extend a protection order to the questions How do I extend my protection order? and What factors will a judge take into consideration when deciding whether or not to extend my order? 

We added ”tracking device; placement or installment on motor vehicle without consent” in Spanish to our Michigan Crimes page.

We added a California state-specific Gun Violence Restraining Orders page and ten corresponding statutes to the State Statutes page.

We added ”photographing, videotaping or electronically surveilling partially nude or nude person or the sexual or other intimate parts of a person around the person’s clothing” and “dissemination or possession of obscene matter” in Spanish to our Massachusetts Crimes page.

We added a Nebraska state-specific Divorce page and three corresponding statutes to the State Statutes page.

We added the crimes of obtaining property by false personation, home or private business invasion by false personation, making false statement to obtain property or credit, criminal use of personal identification information, unlawful possession of the personal identification information of another person in English and Spanish to our Florida Crimes page.

We translated into Spanish our newly-rewritten Helping Others - Family, Friends and Co-workers page.  

We updated the following resources in English on our Pennsylvania Where to Find Help page: 58 legal assistance organizations, 25 lawyer referral services, 78 local programs, and 4 statewide programs.  Spanish translation Soon! 

We added the crimes of identity theft, unauthorized possession of confidential personal information, and harassment by impersonation to the Hawaii Crimes page.

We added the crimes of identity deception and synthetic identity deception to the Indiana Crimes page and State Statutes page.