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March 2026

We translated into Spanish the following recently reviewed sections on our Mississippi content:

We translated into Spanish 22 recently added crimes on our Indiana Crimes page.

We translated into Spanish six recently revised questions on our Indiana State Gun Laws page, and two recently revised questions on our Indiana Restraining Orders page.

In our Illinois Stalking No Contact Orders section, we created two new questions and revised three other questions. In our Custody section, we created one new question and revised two other questions. All changes made in English; Spanish coming soon.

We also updated three more statutes related to maintenance (alimony), allocation of parental responsibilities (custody), and protection orders, which were amended in 2025, on our Selected Illinois Statutes page.

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