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

We added Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) to our National Organizations/American Women Abroad page in both English and Spanish.

We added the crimes of wiretapping and tampering with computer data to our Missouri Crimes page.

With the help of Tess Meuer from the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, we corrected and updated our Wisconsin Restraining Orders pages.

We added a state-specific Tennessee Divorce page and 3 accompanying statutes to our Tennessee Statutes page.

We added a state-specific Rhode Island Divorce page and 4 accompanying statutes to our Rhode Island Statutes page.

Based on recent additions to New Jersey laws, we added information in English and Spanish to our Sexual Assault Restraining Orders page, our Domestic Violence Restraining Orders page, and we added the crime of cyberharassment to our Crimes page and Statutes page.  

We updated 11 resources on the Utah Legal Assistance page.

We updated our Illinois Workplace Protections in English and Spanish page based on 2017 changes to the law.

We added the crime of interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications to our Florida Crimes page and Statutes page in English.

We added the crime of interception and disclosure of wire, electronic or oral communications prohibited to our Idaho Crimes page and Statutes page.

We added the crime of to our Wyoming Crimes page and Statutes page.

We re-wrote the question What are the grounds to file for divorce in Delaware? in our Delaware Divorce section.

We added the Texas Lawyer Referral Service in English to our Texas Lawyer Referral Services page. Spanish translation coming soon!

In response to an Email Hotline inquiry, we added the law on grandparent visitation to our Louisiana Statutes page.

We translated into Spanish our Connecticut State Gun Laws page.

In our Pennsylvania Restraining Orders section, we added content to our Protection from Sexual Violence or Intimidation Orders page in English and added 7 corresponding statutes to our Pennsylvania Statutes page.

With the help of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, we updated the Indiana Finding a Lawyer page, updating contact information and adding an additional resource.

We added the D.C. Reduced Fee Lawyer & Mediator Referral Service in English and Spanish to our D.C. Lawyer Referral Services page.

We updated the West Virginia Statewide Programs page.

We translated into Spanish our Online Harassment page.

We revised the information on our Vermont Sexual Assault or Stalking Protective Orders page and Relief from Abuse Orders page based on 2016 changes to the law.  We also added the question called “Can a minor file for an order?” to each section.

We updated the resources on our Louisiana Lawyer Referral Services page and added one new resource.

We updated the information and links to outside sources on our Washington Housing Laws page in English and Spanish.

In our Virginia Restraining Orders section, we translated into Spanish our Protective Orders (for Family Abuse) page, our Protective Orders (for an Act of Violence, Force, or Threat) page, and our Enforcing Your Out-of-State Order in Virginia page. 

We added a new resource to our Virginia and D.C. legal assistance and local programs pages, in English and Spanish.

We re-wrote the Puerto Rico Protection from Stalking Orders page in English and Spanish and added a new question about when an abuser violates the order.   We also added 8 related statutes to our Estatutos (Statutes) page.

We added Spanish translations to two new questions on our Sexual Assault/Rape page.

We translated into Spanish 61 resources in our Texas Legal Assistance and Statewide Legal Assistance sections on our Texas Finding a Lawyer page.

We added the crime of interference with custody to our Delaware Crimes page.

We updated the links on our Alaska Download Court Forms page.

In our Alaska Domestic Violence Protective Orders page, we rewrote the information in What is the legal definition of domestic violence? and in the section called Steps for getting a domestic violence protective order. We also added a new question called What types of domestic violence protective orders are there? How long do they last? and information about emergency orders that a police officer can file on behalf of a victim.

On our Missouri Orders of Protection due to Domestic Violence page, we added information about transferring a wireless phone number to the victim of abuse in How can an order of protection due to domestic violence help me?

We reviewed and edited 9 legal assistance organizations and added one new organization on our Alaska Legal Assistance page.

We revised the information in English on our Maryland Domestic Violence Protective Orders page in the question What is the legal definition of domestic abuse in Maryland? to hyperlink the forms of abuse to their legal meanings on our Statutes page. We also added two relevant statutes to the State Statutes page.

We reviewed and updated 4 resources on the Texas Statewide Legal Assistance page in English. (We also updated an additional 57 resources on the Texas Legal Assistance page back in September 2016 that we never posted to this What’s New on this Site page!)

We updated the Nebraska Legal Assistance page by adding 6 resources and reviewing 8 resources.

We revised the information on our North Carolina State Gun Laws page to make it more clear and concise and to add more information about a felon in possession of a firearm. All changes were done in English and Spanish. We also added a related statute to our Statutes page.

We added a new crime to our Connecticut Crimes page in English and Spanish called Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability. We also added it to our Statutes page.

We translated the Connecticut Suing Your Abuser page into Spanish.

We added detailed content to our Illinois Stalking No Contact Order page in English. We also added 3 additional corresponding statutes to the State Statutes page.

We re-wrote and re-organized the Connecticut State Gun Laws page in English and added 6 related statutes to our Statutes page. Spanish soon to come!

We translated the Crimes pages into Spanish for Maryland, Connecticut, Michigan, and Oregon.

We translated into Spanish the following sections on our Virginia Know the Laws page: State Gun Laws, Housing Laws, Divorce, and Crimes. Look out for more translated sections coming soon!

In response to an Email Hotline inquiry, we added the crime of custodial interference to our New Mexico Crimes page in English and Spanish and to our Statutes page.

Based on a new law that recently took effect, we added the question If my child was conceived from rape, can the offender get legal decision-making or parenting time? to our Arizona Custody page in English. We also added the relevant statute to our Statutes page.

We completely re-wrote the Wyoming Custody page, adding new questions and revising all of the other questions.

We greatly increased and improved the information in What is the legal definition of domestic violence/abuse in Utah? on our Utah Protective Orders due to Domestic/Violence Abuse section.

We added 11 new crimes to our Utah Crimes page and Statutes page.

We updated the Wyoming Download Court Forms page.

We added a new question to the North Dakota Disorderly Conduct Restraining Orders page called How can a disorderly conduct restraining order help me?

We added 7 new crimes related to sexual assault to the Wyoming Crimes page and Statutes page.

We added the crime of interception to the D.C. Crimes page in English and Spanish and to the Statutes page.

We completely re-wrote and re-organized the North Dakota State Gun Laws page.

We added the crime of child kidnapping to the Maryland Crimes page in English and Spanish and to the Statutes page.

We added 4 new resources to our National Organizations page in English and Spanish: 3 that offer resources to Jewish women who want to get a “get” (Jewish divorce) and 1 for victims of sex trafficking.

We added a new section to our Indiana Know the Laws page called Orders for Protection due to Stalking or a Sex Offense. We also revised the information on our Indiana Orders for Protection due to Domestic Violence page.

In response to an Email Hotline inquiry, we added the Oregon Crime Victims Law Center as a new resource on our Oregon Legal Assistance page.

We added the crime of interception of communications to our Delaware Crimes page and Statutes page.

We added the crimes of interception and recording of communications and video voyeurism to our Arkansas Crimes page and Statutes page.

We are excited to announce that we have begun to translate Massachusetts into Spanish, beginning with the Suing Your Abuser page and the Crimes page.

We added the crime of interception of wire, electronic, and oral communications to our Arizona Crimes page and Statutes page.

We added the crimes of criminal surveillance, criminal eavesdropping, and installing eavesdropping device to our Alabama Crimes page and Statutes page.

We added new reasons for which an abuser can be denied a license to carry a firearm to our U.S. Virgin Islands State Gun Laws page, along with two corresponding statutes to our Statutes page.

We completely revised our Virginia State Gun Laws section in English, re-writing the majority of the information and adding two relevant statutes to our Statutes page.

Based on 2016 changes to Virginia law, we added information in English about new ways that an abuser can violate a protective order to our Protective Orders (for Family Abuse) page and our Protective Orders (for an Act of Violence, Force, or Threat) page.

Based on a law that became effective in May 2016, we added a question to our Utah Protective Orders page called If I am going through a divorce, will that affect the length of my protective order? We also improved and augmented the information in the question: Can the abuser or I request that the order be dismissed?

With the help of one of our national partners, ASISTA, we added a new question in English and Spanish to our U visa section called How long does it take to get the U visa? What legal status do I have while I am waiting for my U visa? We also revised the question Can I get a work permit if my U visa status application is approved? in English and Spanish.

We translated into Spanish the Michigan Housing Laws page that we added in English in October.

In California, we translated into Spanish the page we added in August on restraining orders to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse.