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agosto 2019
We translated into Spanish the information we have in our Georgia Housing Laws.
We translated into Spanish our Ohio Crimes page.
We translated into Spanish our Ohio Custody page.
We translated into Spanish our Ohio Divorce page.
We updated the resources on our Michigan Sheriff Departments page in English and Spanish.
We updated the resources on our Ohio Sheriff Departments page in English and Spanish.
We updated the contact information for 72 courthouses on our Virginia Courthouse Locations page and added 170 new courthouses. All changes were made in English and Spanish.
We updated the resources on our Virginia Sheriff Departments page in English and Spanish.
In Illinois, we added nine new statutes on Firearm Restraining Orders to our Selected Illinois Statutes page.
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added a law regarding modifying and discontinuing protection from abuse orders to our Selected Pennsylvania Statutes page.
We created a new page about Elder Abuse in English in Abuse in Specific Communities. Spanish coming soon!
In our Arkansas Domestic Violence Orders of Protection page, we added information to What can I do if the abuser violates the order? about affirmative defenses that an abuser can claim at trial regarding the petitioner’s actions. We also added possible penalties for a Class D felony violation. Changes made in English; Spanish soon to come. We also added two related statutes to our Selected Arkansas Statutes page in English and Spanish.
We created a new question called “How does an abuser give up his/her guns and ammunition?“ and updated two other questions in our Colorado State Gun Laws page. All changes in English, Spanish coming soon!
We updated the resources on our Oregon Sheriff Departments page in English and Spanish.
We added a question called “What happens if USCIS denies my U visa application?“ and updated four other questions in our U visa section based on recent directives and guidance from ICE, USCIS, and DHS. All changes in English, Spanish coming soon!
We translated into Spanish our Maryland Extreme Risk Protective Orders page.
We updated the resources on our Maryland Sheriff Departments page in English and Spanish.
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added the definition of a “dating relationship” to the question Am I eligible to file for a DVRO? in our California Domestic Violence Restraining Orders section in English and Spanish.
We added a Massachusetts Workplace Protections page in English and one corresponding statute to our Selected Massachusetts Statutes page. Spanish translation coming soon!
We updated and revised seven more questions in our T-Visa for Trafficking Victims page in English. Spanish coming soon!
We updated the resources on our Chat Rooms and Message Boards page in English and Spanish.
julio 2019
We added information to our Massachusetts Extreme Risk Protection Orders page in English. Spanish translation coming soon!
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added a law regarding fee waivers to our Selected Indiana Statutes page.
We just published our Preparing for Court video blog series! This series is narrated in Spanish with English subtitles. They include information on things to consider and do before filing a court case, where and how to start your court case, what happens after you file, what to expect at a hearing or trial and how to prepare for it, and court-based examples illustrated by actors on how to make objections, admit evidence, and conduct direct and cross-examination.
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added a law regarding paternity to our Selected Pennsylvania Statutes page.
We added 18 new courthouses and revised the contact information for 58 courthouses on our Massachusetts Courthouse Locations page in English and Spanish.
In our Ohio Custody page, we updated the links to the Ohio Bar Association in the question Where can I find more information about custody in Ohio?
We created a new page on Reproductive Abuse and Coercion in English in Forms of Abuse. Spanish coming soon!
We added an Oregon Extreme Risk Protective Orders page in English and 6 corresponding statutes to the Selected Oregon Statutes page. Spanish translation coming soon!
We translated into Spanish our Discovery Basics section. This new section explains how to use and respond to various discovery tools, including, document requests, depositions, interrogatories, a bill of particulars, and witness lists.
In Minnesota, we added a Housing Laws page with a short description of a law in Minnesota that allows certain tenants to end their lease. We will be adding more information to this page later.
We added a question called Is a step-child considered to be a child for the purposes of VAWA? in our VAWA for Abuse Victims page. We also added a similar question in our U Visa for Crime Victims page and T-Visa for Trafficking Victims page. All additions were made in English; Spanish soon to come.
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added the law that allows a victim of abuse to terminate a lease to our Selected Minnesota Statutes page.
In our T-Visa for Trafficking Victims section, we added information to What specific federally-funded benefits are available to me? about WIC and the five-year waiting period to get Medicaid and SCHIP. Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon.
In our Ohio Domestic Violence Protection Orders section, we updated Step 3: Service of process in The steps for obtaining a protection order.
In our California Civil Harassment Orders section, added information to the questions Am I eligible to file for a civil harassment order? Who can I file against? and What protections can I get in a civil harassment order? We also created a new question in both the Civil Harassment Orders section and the Domestic Violence Restraining Orders section called If I qualify for both a CHO and a DVRO, which one should I apply for? All changes were made in English; Spanish soon to come.
We updated our Domestic Violence page to include information about dating violence and changed its name to Domestic Violence/Dating Violence in English. Spanish translation coming soon!
We updated the laws and revised the information on our T-Visa for Trafficking Victims page in English. Spanish coming soon!
On our Safety Tips page, we added an introductory paragraph in order to define the term “safety plan.” The addition was made in English and Spanish.
We translated into Spanish the Moving to Another State with a Restraining Order and Enforcing your Out-of-State Order in Oregon.
junio 2019
We translated into Spanish our recently updated Massachusetts Custody page.
We translated into Spanish our updated Immigration Asylum page.
We translated into Spanish our links to the rules of evidence for every state in which they are available in the section called Rules of Evidence (in English) on our Preparing for Court - By Yourself page.
We translated into Spanish our question What precautions should I take if I want to email a domestic violence program for help? on our Safety When Using Email page.
We translated into Spanish our Oregon Stalking Protection Orders page.
We updated the contact info and description of services for North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence on our Advocates and Shelters page in English and Spanish. We also added it to our Finding a Lawyer page since they now offer direct representation.
On our New Hampshire Finding a Lawyer page, we updated the contact information and descriptions of services for three resources related to programs offered by the New Hampshire Bar Association.
We added Centro Multicultural La Familia to our Michigan Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
We updated the information in two questions on our Maryland State Gun Laws page based on changes to the law that added a conviction for firearms-related crimes as a reason to not prohibited from possess a firearm. All changes made in English and Spanish.
Based on changes to Maryland law that took effect October 2018, we updated What are the grounds for an absolute divorce in Maryland? and Can I get an absolute divorce if my spouse agrees to the divorce? in our Maryland Divorce section. Changes were made in English and Spanish.
On our Arizona Download Court Forms page, we updated links to forms on the Arizona courts website in both Spanish and English.
In our Maryland Domestic Violence Protective Orders page, we created a new question called Under what circumstances can I request that the court records be shielded from public view? in English; Spanish soon to come! We also added the related statute to our Selected Maryland Statutes page.
Based on October 2018 changes to Maryland law, we updated What is the legal definition of domestic abuse in Maryland? in our Maryland Domestic Violence Protective Orders page to include “revenge porn” as a reason that a victim could qualify for an order. We also updated How do I change or extend my protective order? based on the new requirements to get a new permanent order after one’s current order expires.
In our Massachusetts Abuse Prevention Orders page, we revised the question What types of abuse prevention orders are there? How long do they last? to clarify that orders can be extended for a “permanent” length of time.
We updated the contact information in English and Spanish for Goodman Jewish Family Services (JFS) of Broward on our Florida Local Programs page.
We updated the links to court forms through the Idaho Courts website on our Idaho Download Court Forms page.
In our Idaho Divorce page, we updated links to outside resources on the Idaho Courts website in the question Where can I find additional information about divorce in Idaho?
mayo 2019
We revised the question Can I get alimony? in our Ohio Divorce page to clarify that spousal support can be issued on a temporary basis while a divorce is pending.
We completely re-wrote our Abuse in Tribal Communities page in English. Spanish coming soon! We also added two related statutes to our Selected Federal Statutes page.
After realizing that our Safety in Court and Safety with an Abuser pages were inadvertently blank, we added content to both pages in English and Spanish. We also updated links on our Safety in a Confidential Address page in English and Spanish,
Where we previously had a brief description of the law, we now created a new Georgia Housing Laws page to further explain a victim’s right to terminate a lease due to domestic violence.. Changes made in English; Spanish soon to come.
On our Maryland Crimes page, we added the crimes of visual surveillance, camera surveillance, and sextortion in English and Spanish. We also added the related statutes to our Selected Maryland Statutes page in English.
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added a statute to our Selected Georgia Statutes page regarding investigations of and arrests in incidents of family violence.
In our Maryland Peace Orders section, we updated the question in English and Spanish called What acts of abuse would qualify me for a peace order? to add an additional six crimes that could qualify someone for an order. This change because effective in 2016. We very much regret the error in not updating our website sooner.
On our South Dakota Download Court Forms page, we updated the links to court forms on the South Dakota courts website, adding links to small claims, modifying child support, and more. We also updating the link to divorce court forms on our South Dakota Divorce page.
We updated the link to the Crime Victims’ Compensation Program on our South Dakota Crimes page.
We updated the contact information for two bar associations on our Florida Lawyer Referral Service page in English and Spanish.
We updated the links to outside sources on our Oklahoma Divorce page.
We updated the contact information for two programs on our Guam Island-wide Domestic Violence Resources page.
We updated the contact information for two local programs on our Oregon Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
On our Alabama Sheriff Departments page, we updated the contact information for the Winston county sheriff and the Autauga county sheriff.
In response to an email hotline question about GPS Monitoring, we added the crime “tracking devices prohibited” to our Louisiana Crimes page and the statute to our Louisiana Selected State Statutes page.
We updated the contact information for the Family Law Assistance Project on our Michigan Local Programs page.
Based on an Email Hotline inquiry, we added a statute to our Selected New York Statutes page regarding the five-year time period during which incidents of cruel and inhuman treatment can be considered when filing for divorce.
In our Guam Custody page, we updated the links to the paternity and child support information on the Office of the Attorney General’s website and added a link to the child support application and checklist of required documents.
Based on a change to the law that became effective July 2018, we revised three questions in our South Dakota State Gun Laws section to add additional reasons that a permit to carry a concealed pistol could be denied. (We regret the delay in making this change.) We also added three related statutes to our Selected South Dakota Statutes page.
We added the program Sauti Yetu to our New York Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
We translated into Spanish our Oregon Housing Laws.
In our D.C. Restraining Orders section, we revised the information in Can I have my out-of-state protection order changed, extended, or canceled in D.C.? in Spanish and English.
We translated into Spanish our Oregon Divorce page.
We translated into Spanish our Oregon Custody page and clarified the information in If my child was conceived as a result of rape, can the parent (offender) get custody? in English and Spanish.
We translated into Spanish our Oregon Family Abuse Prevention Act Restraining Orders.
On our Washington, D.C. Workplace Protections page, we added an Employment Discrimination section. Spanish translation coming soon!
In our Tennessee Custody page, we added four new questions:
- What steps must I take if I want to relocate? What type of notice is required?
- What happens if the other parent files a petition to oppose the relocation? How will the judge make a decision?
- When can a grandparent file a petition for visitation rights?
- When can a grandparent be granted visitation rights?
We also added two related statutes to our Selected Tennessee Statutes page.
In our Tennessee Protection Orders for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking section, we added information about transferring a cell phone number to the petitioner and about firearms prohibition to the question What protections can I get in a protection order?. We also re-wrote the question Can the abuser have a gun? Lastly, we added two related statutes to our Selected Tennessee Statutes page.
We added a Maryland Extreme Risk Protective Orders page in English and 6 corresponding statutes to the Selected Maryland Statutes page. Spanish translation coming soon!
abril 2019
We revised our Danger Assessment page in English and Spanish to add the fact that the risk of homicide increases by 750% for victims who have been strangled compared to victims who have never been strangled.
On our New Mexico Formularios Judiciales (Download Court Forms) page, we linked to the Spanish court forms on the New Mexico courts’ website.
In our Oregon Stalking Protection Orders page, we revised the information in What is stalking? to better explain the definition of “alarms” and “coerces” according to the law. Changes made in English - Spanish soon to come.
We translated the question Can I permanently delete my Facebook profile? on the Safety While Using the Internet section.
On our Oregon Statewide Programs, we updated the description in English and Spanish for the Oregon Coalition to include a link to their “find help” page.
On our New York Crimes page, we added the crime of coercion in the 3rd degree. We also added three new links to information on the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence’s website. All changes were made in English and Spanish.
Based on a 2018 change to the laws that prohibited someone from having firearms if s/he has an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony or serious offense, we updated two questions in our New York State Gun Laws section in English and Spanish. We regret the delay in updating this information.
We translated into Spanish our Oregon Restraining Orders for the Elderly and Disabled section in the Restraining Orders page.
Based on a New York law that became effective in November 2018, we added coercion in the 3rd degree to What is the legal definition of domestic violence (“family offenses”) in New York? as a ground for getting an order of protection. We also updated three other questions in our New York Orders of Protection page based on July 2018 changes to the law. All changes were made in English and Spanish. We also added the related statute to our Selected New York Statutes page.
Based on a new law that took effect in 2018, we added information to Will the abuser go to jail for having a gun when s/he isn’t supposed to? in our New York State Gun Laws section about judges being required to order the surrender of firearms after a defendant is convicted of a felony or serious offense. Changes made in English; Spanish soon to come. We also added the related statute to our Selected New York Statutes page in English.
We translated into Spanish the recent revisions to our California Divorce page.
Based on a 2019 change to the law, we added information to our New York Suing an Abuser page about the extended statute of limitations for filing a civil lawsuit against someone who sexually abused you as a child. Changes made in English and Spanish. We also added two related statutes to our Selected New York Statutes page in English.
We translated our Abuse in Immigrant Communities page in our Abuse in Specific Communities section.
Based on changes to the laws, we updated What is the legal definition of domestic abuse in New Mexico? on our New Mexico Protection Orders (for domestic violence) page to add strangulation and suffocation. And in our New Mexico State Gun Laws page, we revised the information in What is the penalty for violating state and federal firearm laws? All changes were made in Spanish and English. We regret the delay in making these updates, which became effective in July 2018.
We translated into Spanish our newly updated and edited Immigration Refugee Status page.
We updated our Iowa Suing an Abuser page to reflect the fact that the small claims court limit increased from $5,000 to $6,500. This change became effective in 2018 – we regret the delay in correcting this.
We updated the contact information for one domestic violence program on our Georgia Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
We updated the contact information for one domestic violence program on our Virginia Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
We updated the contact information for two domestic violence programs on our Washington Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
We updated the contact information for one domestic violence program on our Kansas Local Programs page.
We updated the contact information for two domestic violence programs on our California Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
We updated the contact information for one local program on our Massachusetts Local Programs page in English.
On our Oregon Divorce page, we added the questions Can I get spousal support? What factors will a judge consider? and What types of spousal support are there? in English to explain the factors a judge will consider when awarding spousal support in a divorce case in Oregon. (Spanish soon to come!). We also added the relevant statute to our Selected Oregon Statutes page in English.
In our Iowa Divorce page, we updated links to outside sources in the question Where can I find more information about divorce in Iowa?
We updated three questions in our Delaware State Gun Laws section based on a December 2018 change to the law that made firearm possession illegal for someone who is subject to a lethal protection order.
On our D.C. Suing an Abuser page, we updated a link to the D.C. Courts website and corrected the small claims court maximum limit to $10,000. Changes were made in English and Spanish. We regret the error in not updating this information earlier in that the law changed in 2017.
On our D.C. Crimes page, we updated the link for the D.C. Victim Compensation Program and added a link to the D.C. Victim Hotline in English and Spanish.
We updated two resources on our New Jersey Legal Assistance page in English. Spanish translation coming soon!
We created a Discovery section as part of our ongoing Preparing for Court - By Yourself project. This new section explains how to use and respond to various discovery tools, including, document requests, depositions, interrogatories, a bill of particulars, and witness lists. The discovery information was added in English only, but Spanish is coming soon!
In our California Domestic Violence Restraining Orders section, we added information to Step 4 - Service of process about what to do when the respondent is evading service. The additions, which are based on a 2019 change to the law, were made in English. Spanish coming soon! We also added two related statutes in English to the Selected California Statutes page.
Based on 2019 changes to the law, we added information to our California Child Support page and updated three questions on our California Custody page. All changes were made in English and Spanish.
We updated the contact information for all 82 courthouses on our Michigan Courthouse Locations page and added two new ones. All changes made in Spanish and English.
marzo 2019
On our Oregon Local Programs page, we updated the information for 10 programs in English and Spanish.
We added two new statutes about termination of parental rights to our Utah Selected State Statutes page.
We updated our Massachusetts Custody page. Spanish translation coming soon!
We updated the address of the Ozark County Sheriff’s Office on our Missouri Sheriff Departments page.
We added links to court forms related to domestic violence protection orders and divorce, custody, and parenting plans to our Ohio Restraining Orders page and Download Court Forms page.
We updated and edited our Immigration Refugee Status page in English. Spanish translation coming soon!
In the Ohio Domestic Violence Protection Orders page, we corrected the information in In which county can I file for a protection order? We also linked to the Juvenile Civil Protection Order FAQ from the Supreme Court of Ohio’s website in two questions in the Restraining Orders section that deal with filing against a minor.
We updated the contact information for all 117 courthouses on our Illinois Courthouse Locations page in English and Spanish.
We updated and re-wrote our Oregon Family Abuse Prevention Act Restraining Orders page. Spanish coming soon!
We updated the links on our Alabama Download Court Forms page.
We updated the contact information for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) and the Women’s Law Project on our Pennsylvania Statewide Programs page, based on their new, updated website. We also added new information about PCADV’s new legal information helpline, PA Safe Law. All changes made in English - Spanish soon to come.
We added the crime of “Violating custodial order” to the Iowa Crimes page and the Selected Iowa Statutes page.
We added two new resources to our Mississippi Legal Assistance page.
We updated and re-wrote our Oregon Stalking Protection Orders page. Spanish coming soon!
We updated our Safety While Using the Internet section, re-wrote Can I permanently delete my Facebook profile? and created a new question in English called What precautions should I take if I want to email a domestic violence program for help? Spanish soon to come!
We updated our Mississippi Statewide Programs page as well as eleven organizations on our Local Programs page. We also added the MCADV Legal Program to our Legal Assistance page.
We updated the contact information for four state and local programs on our Delaware Advocates and Shelters page.
We added the question “What can I do if the abuser keeps filing petitions or motions against me?” to our Tennessee Protection Orders for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking page, Divorce page, and Custody page and added the corresponding statute to our Tennessee State Statutes page.
We updated the links to outside resources on our Helping Others - Advocates page in both English and Spanish.
We added a question called What are the basic steps for filing for divorce? to our Michigan Divorce page in English and Spanish.
In our Pennsylvania Custody page, we added information to Who is entitled to seek custody? and I am the child’s grandparent or great-grandparent. Can I get custody? based on 2018 changes in the law. Changes made in English and Spanish.
We updated the contact information for Alternatives to Domestic Violence in our New Jersey Local Programs page.
In our New Jersey Crimes page, we updated the link to the NJ Victims of Crime Compensation Office’s website in Spanish and English.
febrero 2019
In our New Jersey Domestic Violence Restraining Orders page, to make the information easier to read, we divided the information about protections that you can get in an order into two separate questions called: What protections can I get in a temporary ex parte restraining order (TRO)? and What protections can I get in a final (permanent) restraining order? All changes made in Spanish and English.
In our New Hampshire Crimes page, we updated the website and phone numbers for the New Hampshire Department of Justice Victims’ Compensation Program website.
We added links to rules of evidence for every state in which they are available in a new section called Rules of Evidence (in English) on our Preparing for Court - By Yourself page under Court System Basics. Spanish soon to come! (We will soon add a section explaining common rules of evidence in both English and Spanish.)
In our New Hampshire Divorce page, we re-wrote the question Can I get alimony? What types of alimony are there? to add information about the judge considering the that each spouse will have to maintain a separate household when making an alimony determination and to explain the different types of alimony. In the question How will a judge decide the amount of alimony that I get? we added information about the formula amount and when the judge can go above that amount. We also added two new questions called At what point during the divorce process do I need to request alimony? and If I get alimony, how long will it last? Lastly, we added two related statutes to our Selected New Hampshire Statutes page.
We updated the links to outside crime victim resources on our North Dakota Crimes page.
We completely revised all of the current information in the North Dakota Custody section. We also added two new questions called Can a parent who committed domestic violence against me get parenting time? and Can a parent who sexually abused my child get parental responsibilities or parenting time? and added a related statute to the Selected North Dakota Statutes page.
We updated the courthouse website for the Berks County Services Center in Berks County, Pennsylvania on our Pennsylvania Courthouse Locations page.
We created a new North Dakota Child Support section with four new questions. We also added a related statute to our Selected North Dakota Statutes page.
We added the crime of “Taking, enticing away, or keeping of unmarried minor child by parent” to the South Dakota Crimes page and the Selected South Dakota Statutes page.
