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VA custody and RO edits

July 2024

On our Virginia Restraining Orders page, we updated the following questions to reflect the fact that a violation petition can now be filed where the victim lived at the time of the violation:

We also updated How much does it cost to get a protective order? Do I need a lawyer? to improve clarity.

On our Virginia Custody page, we updated If a custody order is already in place, how can I get it changed? to include the Air Force and Space Force as a military branches where a deployment could affect a parent’s custody.

All of these changes were made in English; Spanish coming soon!

We also updated the citations in the following questions in both English and Spanish:

Finally, we added one statute related to custody for parents in the military to our Selected Virginia Statutes page.

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Summary: 

On our Virginia Restraining Orders page, we updated questions four questions. On our Virginia Custody page, we updated two questions. We also added one statute to our Selected Virginia Statutes page.