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February 2026

In our Oregon Custody section, we revised If my child was conceived through rape, can the person who raped me get custody or parenting time? to add that an offender who has been convicted of rape in the third degree cannot get custody or parenting time with a child conceived as a result of that rape, based on legislative updates that went into effect on January 1, 2026. We also updated two related statutes on our Selected Oregon Statutes page.

On our National Organizations - Mental Health and Addiction page, we updated the description for the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, adding their new online chat option. Revised in English; Spanish translation is coming soon!

January 2026

We added a new resource, The New Orleans Family Justice Center, to our Louisiana Advocates and Shelters page, in English and Spanish.

We added three new crimes related to image-based sexual abuse to our Louisiana Crimes page, and we also added the related statutes to our Selected Louisiana Statutes page.

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