What’s New on WomensLaw.org

On our New Mexico Restraining Orders page, we added a new section about Criminal Orders of Protection with two new questions:

• Can I get a criminal order of protection?
• Can a criminal order of protection be extended?

In our New Mexico Orders of Protection for domestic violence section, we revised If I get an order of protection, will it show up in an internet search? to include information about a relevant state law protecting victim information.

All changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

We also added two existing related statutes (N.M. Stat. §§ 40-13-5.1; 40-13-12) to our Selected New Mexico Statutes page.

We added the University of Alabama Domestic Violence Law Clinic as a resource on our Alabama Legal Assistance page, in English and Spanish.

We added two resources to our Georgia Lawyer Referral Services page: the State Bar of Georgia’s Find A Lawyer directory and the Cobb County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service. Additions made in English and Spanish.

We updated the link to the National Crime Victim Bar Association on our Suing an Abuser for Money page.

On our North Carolina Legal Assistance page, we added three locations of Legal Aid of North Carolina and updated seven of its other locations.

On our South Dakota Suing an Abuser for Money page, we updated the link to small claims court information on the South Dakota Unified Judicial System website.

On our New York Suing an Abuser for Money page, we updated the link to the small claims court guide on the New York Unified Court System website.

On our Massachusetts Suing an Abuser for Money page, we updated the link to small claims court information and forms in Spanish on the Massachusetts Court System website.

On our Indiana Suing an Abuser for Money page, we updated the link to the small claims court brochure on the Indiana Courts website, and the link to Marion County’s small claims court locations and procedures.

On our Guam Suing an Abuser for Money page, we updated the link to the small claims court information on the Guam Courts website.

On our District of Columbia Suing an Abuser for Money page, we updated the link to the small claims court information on the D.C. Courts website.

On our Wyoming Legal Assistance page, we added two resources and updated seven resources. Changes made in English and Spanish.

We updated the resource on our Wyoming Lawyer Referral Services page, in English and Spanish.

On our New York Download Court Forms page, we updated the links to forms on the New York State Unified Court System website.

On our Alabama Local Programs page, we added the resource Hope Harbour and updated the information for House of Ruth, in English and Spanish.

In our Guam Orders of Protection section, we revised What is the legal definition of domestic abuse in Guam? to update the link to the petition form for an order of protection on the Guam Courts website.

We revised our Guam Restraining Orders page based on the newly approved 2025 Guam Rules Governing Protection Order Cases, which repeal the former Local Rules of Court for Family Violence Orders of Protection. The new rules create one unified process for domestic violence, stalking, and sexual offense protection orders, streamline the petition forms, and outline clearer procedures for the immediate surrender and inventory of firearms by the Marshals of the Court. Based on this, the following questions were revised:

• Orders of Protection subsection:
  • What types of orders of protection are there? How long do they last?
  • What protections can I get in an order of protection?
  • Who can get an order of protection?
  • How much does it cost to get an order of protection? Do I need a lawyer?
  • Step 2: A judge will review your petition and can issue you a temporary order
  • Step 3: Service of process
  • Step 4: The “show cause hearing” for a permanent order
  • What can I do if the abuser violates the order?
  • Can I change, extend, or cancel the order of protection?
  • What happens if I move? Is my order still effective?

• Stalking Protection Orders subsection:
  
  • How much does it cost to get a stalking protection order? Do I need a lawyer?
  • Step 1: Go to the superior court and fill out the forms.
  • Step 3: Service of process
  • Step 4: The “show cause hearing” for a permanent order
  • What can I do if the abuser violates the order?
  • Can the abuser try to change or dismiss a permanent stalking protection order?
  • What happens if I move? Is my order still effective?

In addition, we revised seven questions to improve readability:

• Moving to Another State with an Order of Protection subsection:
  
  • I have a temporary (ex parte) order. Can it be enforced in another state?
  • How do I get my order of protection enforced in another state?
  • Can I get someone to help me? Do I need a lawyer?
  • Do I need to tell the court in Guam if I move?
• Enforcing Your Out-Of-State Order in Guam subsection:
  
  • Can I get my protection order enforced in Guam? What are the requirements?
  • How do I register my protection order in Guam?
  • Do I have to register my protection order in Guam in order to get it enforced?

We also added ten new related statutes to our Selected Guam Statutes page.¹

¹ POR 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10

As we prepare to translate our Mississippi Restraining Orders page into Spanish, we did the following:

• Created three new questions to explain the filing of a protection order and how long custody and child support provisions will last:
  
  • In what court can I file my protection order?
  • Do I need a lawyer to file for a protection order?
  • If I get temporary custody or child support in a final order, how long will they last?
• Revised 39 other questions to update them to our current editing standards and ensure that they include working, accurate links.

We also added one statute related to chancery courts (Miss. Code § 9-5-1) to our Selected Mississippi Statutes page.

On our general (not state-specific) Divorce page, we updated links to the English and Spanish versions of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ divorce guide for self-represented litigants, listed under Where can I find additional resources?

In our Ohio State Gun Laws section, we revised I am a victim of domestic violence and the abuser has a gun. Is that legal? and If the abuser has been convicted of a crime, can they keep or buy a gun? to make them easier to understand and focus on the information survivors need most. In I have a protection order against the abuser. Can they keep a gun or buy a new gun?, we added that law enforcement can seize a weapon at the scene if the abuser used it to commit a crime or violate a protection order. Spanish updates coming soon!

We added 11 resources and updated six resources on our New York Lawyer Referral Services page, in English and Spanish.

In our Texas Custody section, we translated into Spanish two new and four recently revised questions:

• What rights and responsibilities does a parent have?
• What if I already have a protective order, or if I need one during or after my custody case?
• What is sole managing conservatorship (SMC)?
• Other than a parent, who else can file for managing or possessory conservatorship (custody)?
• How will a judge make a decision about conservatorship (custody)?
• What are the rights and responsibilities of a person, other than the parent, who is made a conservator?

In our Texas Family Violence Protective Orders section, we translated into Spanish two new and six recently revised questions:

• Can the abuser try to end my order early?

• What happens to my protective order if there’s also a divorce or custody case with the abuser?
• What is the legal definition of “family violence” in Texas?
• What protections can I get in a protective order?
• Can I keep my personal information confidential?
• How long does a final protective order last?
• What is a magistrate’s order for emergency protection? How long does it last?
• Can I extend or renew my protective order? What if the order already expired?

On our Nebraska Housing Laws page, we translated into Spanish 14 recently added and one recently revised question in the following four newly created sections:

• Ending a lease
• Removing the abuser from a shared home 
• Changing the locks if the abuser does not live with you 
• Protection from eviction 

In our Utah legal information section, we translated into Spanish the following:

• One recently added and 13 recently revised questions in our Restriction Orders section.
• Two recently revised questions in our Custody section.
• One recently revised question in our Housing Laws section.
• Two recently revised questions in our State Gun Laws section.
• 31 recently added crimes in our Crimes page.

We added the resource WISE and updated the information for the Women’s Freedom Center on our Vermont Local Programs page.

We updated one resource on our Washington Statewide Programs page in English and Spanish.

We added four resources and updated 28 resources on our New Hampshire Courthouse Locations page.

We updated two questions in our Florida State Gun Laws section in English and Spanish, based on 2026 legislative changes. The revisions add juvenile detention officers and juvenile probation officers to the list of qualifying officers who may still have a firearm for official duties, even with a final injunction for protection issued against them:

• I am a victim of domestic violence and the abuser has a gun. Is that legal?
• The abuser uses a gun for his/her job. Do the state gun laws still apply?

On our Selected Florida Statutes page, we updated one statute related to the Department of Law Enforcement to add juvenile detention and probation officers to the definition of “officer.”¹ We also updated three related existing statutes that were reenacted to include these recent changes.²

¹ F.S.A. §943.10
² F.S.A. §§ 39.01; 741.31; 790.233

Based on 2025 legislative changes to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 527.8, we revised five questions in our California Workplace Violence Restraining Orders section:

• What is the definition of workplace violence? to include and define harassment as part of “workplace violence”.
• Who can file for a workplace violence restraining order? to add that not only an employer may file for a workplace restraining order, but also a union representative, as long as they represent the survivor in work-related matters at their workplace.
• What types of workplace violence restraining orders are there? How long do they last? to reflect new standards for temporary ex parte orders. The law now includes additional rules for harassment and makes clear that restraining orders cannot limit speech or actions that are legally protected.
• What protections can be included in a workplace violence restraining order? to improve readability.
• Can a workplace violence restraining order be renewed? to clarify who can request the renewal of an order.

All changes made in English and Spanish!

We did the following in our California Restraining Orders to Prevent Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse section:

• Created the new question What does isolation mean?
• Revised two questions based on 2025 legislative changes to Cal. Wel. & Inst. Code § 15657.03 that address isolation, including when an interested party may file to stop isolation, explain how an interested party is defined, and expand protections related to animals:
  
  • Am I eligible for a restraining order to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse?
  • What protections can I get in a restraining order to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse?

Changes made in English and Spanish!

In our Texas legal information, we did the following:

• Created the new question What if I already have a protective order, or if I need one during my divorce case? on our Divorce page, based on a 2025 legislative change clarifying that a protective order takes precedence over a divorce order.
• Revised two questions on our Housing Laws page based on 2025 legislative changes that removed the requirement that sexual abuse or sexual assault take place on the premises for a tenant to be able to terminate a lease without penalty:
  
  • Who is protected by this housing law? What protections does this law offer?
  • What steps do I have to take to end (terminate) my lease early?
• Revised four questions on our State Gun Laws page to improve clarity:
  
  • I am a victim of domestic violence and the abuser has a gun. Is that legal?
  • I have a protective order against the abuser. Can they have or buy a gun?
  • If the abuser has been convicted of a crime, can they have or buy a gun?
  • I do not have a protective order against the abuser, and they have not been convicted of a crime. What can I do?
• Revised our Crimes page to add four crimes the abuser may have committed in Texas:
  
  • the newly created crime “continuous sexual abuse; ” and
  • three existing crimes: “improper relationship between educator and student,” “continuous violence against the family,” and “burglary.”

Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

In our Texas Family Violence Protective Orders section, we created two new questions:

• Can the abuser try to end my order early?
• What happens to my protective order if there’s also a divorce or custody case with the abuser? based on 2025 legislative changes clarifying that a protective order takes precedence over a custody or divorce order.

We also revised six questions, based on 2025 legislative changes:

• What is the legal definition of “family violence” in Texas? to add improper relationships between educator and student to the definition of family violence.
• What protections can I get in a protective order?, based on the new 2025 law Tex. Fam. Code § 81.012  clarifying that a protective order takes precedence over a custody or divorce order.
• Can I keep my personal information confidential?, based on 2025 legislative changes that:
  
  • make confidentiality a requirement if the victim requests it;
  • clarify it has to be an adult family or household member who can also make the request; and
  • add the requirement that the judge inform all parties that this option exists.
• How long does a final protective order last?, to add the scenarios when a protective order will be automatically extended for two years.
• What is a magistrate’s order for emergency protection? How long does it last? to lengthen the time a magistrate’s order is in effect.
• Can I extend or renew my protective order? What if the order already expired?, based on 2025 legislative changes for when an order will be automatically extended.

Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

In our Texas Custody section, we did the following:

• Created two new questions:
  
  • What rights and responsibilities does a parent have?
  • What if I already have a protective order, or if I need one during or after my custody case?, based on a 2025 legislative change clarifying that a protective order takes precedence over a custody order.
• Revised four questions:
  
  • What is sole managing conservatorship (SMC)?, based on a 2025 legislative change which adds choosing the school the children attend to the rights of the sole managing conservator.
  • Other than a parent, who else can file for managing or possessory conservatorship (custody)?, based on 2025 legislative changes to who can file for managing conservatorship, the circumstances when a non-parent can ask for possessory conservatorship, and the process for a non-parent to intervene in a custody case.
  • How will a judge make a decision about conservatorship (custody)? to add that a non-parent can present evidence that denying custody would harm the child.
  • What are the rights and responsibilities of a person, other than the parent, who is made a conservator?, based on 2025 legislative changes to what rights a non-parent conservator has.

Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

We added 25 statutes related to protection orders, the disclosure of intimate images, housing laws, and gun laws to our Selected Nebraska Statutes page as follows:

• 17 new laws enacted in 2025: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 26-102, 26-104, 26-105, 26-106, 26-107, 26-108, 26-110, 26-111, 26-112, 26-113, 26-115, 26-118, 26-122, 26-125, 76-1431.04, 76-1431.03, and 76-1431.02.
• Eight existing laws: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-3502, 25-3503, 26-124, 28-1202.01, 28-1204.05, 28-1206, 76-1413, and 76-1431.

We also updated nine existing statutes related to protection orders, the disclosure of intimate images, and gun laws: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 26-103, 26-109, 26-114, 26-116, 26-117, 26-119, 26-120, 26-121, and 26-123.

On our Nebraska Housing Laws page, we organized the information into four new sections to make it easier for users to find the information:

• Added the section titled Ending a lease and created the new question How does Nebraska law define a qualified third party?. We also revised What documents or proof do I need to give to my landlord to get out of my lease? to clarify that email or other electronic means can be considered a “written” notice or document.
• Added the section titled Removing the abuser from a shared home and created the following new questions within it:
  
  • Who is protected by the law that allows an abuser to be evicted from a shared home?, based on a new 2025 law which explains the conditions for eviction of an abuser. 
  • What documentation is accepted under the Violence Against Women Act? for clarity about what an acceptable certification is under VAWA.
  • What documents do I need to give the landlord to remove the abuser?
  • Can I ask the landlord to change my lock once the abuser is gone?, based on a new 2025 law which explains that a landlord is required to change a victim’s locks if they ask.
  • What if the abuser also tries to have me evicted?
• Added the section titled Changing the locks if the abuser does not live with you and created the following new questions within it:
  
  • Can I ask the landlord to change my locks if I am a victim of domestic violence?, based on a new 2025 law explaining the documentation the victim must present to the landlord to have the locks changed.
  • What documents do I need to give the landlord to have my locks changed?
  • How and when is the landlord required to change the locks?
  • Can the landlord force me to pay for the replacement?
  • What if the landlord doesn’t replace my lock?
• Added the section titled Protection from eviction and created the following new questions within it to explain the protections that victims of abuse have against eviction:
  
  • Who is protected by this housing law?
  • What actions by the abuser qualify for eviction under this law?
  • What steps do I need to take to avoid being evicted for the abuser’s actions?

All changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

We added 13 resources and updated 97 resources on our New York Local Programs page in English and Spanish.

We added 32 statutes to our Selected Utah Statutes page as follows:

• Two new laws enacted in 2024: Utah Code § 76-5-416.2 and 76-5-416.4.
• Nine new laws enacted in 2025: Utah Code § 76-5-421, 76-5-422, 76-5-423, 76-5-424, 76-12-306, 76-12-308, 76-12-203, 76-12-204, and 76-13-203.
• 21 existing laws: Utah Code § 78B-7-601, 76-5-401, 76-6-203, 76-5-401.1, 76-5-401.2, 76-5-401.3, 76-5-402.1, 76-5-402.2, 76-5-402.3, 76-5-403.1, 76-5-404, 76-5-404.1, 76-5-404.3, 76-5-405, 76-5-406, 76-5-308.1, 76-5-310, 76-5-417, 76-5-419, 76-5-420, and 76-5b-206.

We also updated six existing statutes: Utah Code § 76-5c-101, 76-11-207, 76-11-208, 76-11-209, 76-12-202, and 76-12-307.  

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

• Download Court Forms
• Crimes
• Suing an Abuser for Money
• Selected Mississippi Statutes introduction

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.

As we prepare to translate our Mississippi Divorce page into Spanish, we did the following:

• Created three new questions to explain reasons that a judge may grant a fault-based divorce:
  
  • What else do I need to know about getting a divorce based on adultery?
  • How can I prove domestic abuse for a divorce based on cruel and inhuman treatment?
  • What else do I need to know about getting a divorce based on incurable mental illness?
• Revised six other questions to update them to our current editing standards and ensure that they include working, accurate links.

Changes made in English and Spanish.

In the question How can I Prove Spoofing in Court? in our Abuse Using Technology section, we updated the link to the NCJFCJ’s page on how to gather technology abuse evidence for court.

We added a resource, the Chesterfield County Domestic and Sexual Violence Resource Center, to our Virginia Local Programs page in English and Spanish.

We reviewed and updated the information for 72 resources on our Wisconsin Courthouse Locations page

We updated the information for 44 resources on our Idaho Courthouse Locations page.

As we prepare to translate the information for Mississippi into Spanish, we reviewed the following pages to update them to our current editing standards and ensure that they include working, accurate links:

• Download Court Forms
• Crimes
• Suing an Abuser for Money
• Selected Mississippi Statutes introduction

We updated the contact information for the resource Baraga County Shelter Home on our Michigan Local Programs page.

We updated two resources on our Colorado Local Programs page in English and Spanish.

We added the resource Restorative Pathways to our California Local Programs page in English and Spanish.

On our Indiana State Gun Laws page, we revised six questions as follows:

• When can the firearms be returned to the individual?, based on a 2025 legislative amendment offering the option for sealing the records when the judge decides that an individual is no longer dangerous.
• I am a victim of domestic violence and the abuser has a gun. Is that legal? to add cross-links to related questions and to simplify the information.
• Four questions to improve clarity and readability:
  
  • What are the definitions of a “felony” and a “serious violent felony”?
  • If the abuser has been convicted of a crime, can they have or buy a gun?
  • Can the police seize the abuser’s gun?
  • I do not have an order for protection against the abuser, and they have not been convicted of a crime. Is there anything I can do?

On our Indiana Restraining Orders page, we revised the question “Can the abuser have a gun?” in our Orders for Protection and Workplace Violence Restraining Orders sections to improve clarity and readability.

We added 22 statutes to our Selected Indiana Statutes related to the definitions of crimes listed in the questions What are the definitions of a “felony” and a “serious violent felony”? and If the abuser has been convicted of a crime, can they have or buy a gun? We also added two statutes that explain circumstances when it would be illegal for someone to have a firearm.

We updated the information for one resource on our U.S. Virgin Islands Territory and Local Programs page.

In our Delaware Restraining Orders section, we did the following:

• Revised Who can file for an order of protection from abuse? to make it easier to understand what relationships qualify for an order of protection based on domestic violence, and we created a related question, What does it mean to have a “substantive dating relationship”?, which explains how a judge may decide what dating relationships can qualify.
• Revised What is the legal definition of abuse in Delaware? to add human trafficking to the list of abusive acts that can qualify for an order of protection, based on 2025 legislative updates.
• Revised Can I get an order of protection from abuse if I’m a minor? to make it easier to understand who can file for an order for a minor victim.
• Based on 2025 legislative updates, we revised seven questions to include restrictions on projectile weapons that were added to the statutes and to change the maximum duration of nonemergency lethal violence protective order from one year to five years:
  
  • What protections can I get in an order of protection from abuse?
  • What protections can I get in a sexual violence protective order?
  • What is a lethal violence protective order?
  • Who can file for a lethal violence protective order?
  • What types of orders are there? How long do they last?
  • How do I get a lethal violence protective order?
  • Can I renew a lethal violence protective order?

We also added one statute related to human trafficking (Del. Code tit. 11, § 787) to our Selected Delaware Statutes and Crimes pages. By 2025 legislative amendment, human trafficking was added to the legal definition of abuse for the purposes of getting an order of protection.

We translated into Spanish two recently created questions and four recently revised questions in our Minnesota Housing Laws page. We also translated seven recently added crimes to our Minnesota Crimes page.

We translated into Spanish three recently created and five recently revised questions in our Puerto Rico Custody section.

We translated into Spanish five recently revised questions in our Oklahoma Victim Protective Orders (for domestic violence) section, two recently revised questions in our Oklahoma Victim Protective Orders (for violence by a non-intimate partner) section, and two recently revised questions in our Oklahoma Stalking Protective Orders section.

We translated into Spanish two recently revised questions in our Oregon Custody page.

We translated into Spanish two recently added and six recently revised questions in our Alabama State Gun Laws page, and the recently revised question What protections can I get in a protection from abuse order? in our Alabama Restraining Orders page.

We added the following 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:

• Extortion
• Unlawful deepfakes
• Unlawful dissemination or sales of images of another created by artificial intelligence

We translated into Spanish recent revisions to four questions on our Tennessee State Gun Laws page.

We translated into Spanish one new question and three revisions on our New York Restraining Orders page, as well as one new question and two revisions on our Divorce page.

Based on 2025 legislative amendments, we did the following on our Minnesota Housing Laws page:

• Created two new questions related to the confidentiality of the information provided to a landlord:
  
  • Is the information that I tell my landlord confidential?
  • What can I do if my landlord shares my private information?; and
• Revised four other questions:
  
  • Once I notify my landlord that I want to end my lease, do I still have to pay my rent? Will I get my security deposit back? to add that the lease ends on the date stated in the notice to the landlord.
  • What documents or proof do I need to give to my landlord to get out of my lease if I am a victim? to add that the written notice to break the lease must include specific information.
  • What information do I need to include in my written notice to the landlord? to add that the law allows more ways to deliver notice to the landlord and clarifies exactly when and how the tenancy ends under this rule.
  • Can my landlord evict me because I am a victim? to add that a landlord cannot evict someone who ends their lease early under the law that allows victims of abuse to do so.

We also added seven statutes related to crimes against the person and the family to our Selected Minnesota Statutes page and added the related crimes to our Minnesota Crimes page.

Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

In our Puerto Rico Protection Orders for Domestic Violence section, we:

• created the new question Can I get an order of protection against a same-sex partner? and
• revised What is the legal definition of domestic violence in Puerto Rico?, based on a 2025 legislative amendment adding the physical harm of pets to the definition of domestic violence.

In our Puerto Rico Orders of Protection for Older Adults section, we revised What is the legal definition of abuse against an older adult? to include additional abusive behaviors for the purpose of getting an order of protection. We also revised five other questions based on 2025 legislative changes:

• What is an order of protection for an older adult?
• What types of protection orders are there for older adults?
• Who can file for an order of protection for an older adult?
• What protections can an older adult get in a protection order?
• What are the steps to get an order of protection for an older adult?

All changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

We added six new resources and updated the information for 14 other resources on our Vermont Courthouse Locations page.

We added a new resource, the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (BADC), to our District of Columbia Lawyer Referral Services page in English and Spanish.

In our Oklahoma Victim Protective Orders (for domestic violence) section, we revised the following five questions:

• What is the legal definition of stalking in Oklahoma?, to improve readability;
• What is the legal definition of harassment in Oklahoma?, to improve readability and update the cited statute;
• What is the legal definition of rape in Oklahoma?, based on 2025 legislative amendments that change the age of consent and to clarify who at a school commits rape if they have sex with a student; and
• What types of protective orders are available? How long do they last?, based on a 2025 legislative amendment that adds attempting service to the steps a law enforcement officer will take when an emergency order is requested.
• Am I eligible to file for a protective order for domestic violence?, based on 2024 legislative changes adding that an order can be requested against a person living in the same household, regardless of their relation. We regret the delay!

In our Victim Protective Orders (for violence by a non-intimate partner) section, we revised two questions:

• What is the legal definition of rape and a “sex offense”?, to improve readability; and
• What types of victim protective orders are available and how long do they last?, based on a 2025 legislative amendment that adds attempting service to the steps a law enforcement officer will take when an emergency order is requested.

In our Stalking Protective Orders section, we revised two questions:

• What is the legal definition of stalking in Oklahoma?, to simplify the information and avoid duplication; and
• What is a stalking protective order? What steps must I take before filing for the order?, based on a 2025 legislative change that removed the requirement for law enforcement to send a stalking warning letter to the accused.

All changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

In our Oklahoma Custody section, we revised two questions:

• Aside from domestic violence, child abuse, stalking, and harassment, are there other reasons why the judge might not order custody or visitation?, based on 2025 legislative changes to the law against child pornography and to improve readability; and
• If my child was conceived from rape, can the offender’s parental rights be terminated?, to improve readability and update the cited statute.

Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!

We also added one statute related to child pornography to our Selected Oklahoma Statutes page.

We updated the information for four resources on our Missouri Statewide Programs page in English and Spanish.

On our Immigration page, we updated What other requirements related to the abuse must I prove? in English and Spanish. This change reflects the current USCIS policy guidance requiring that a VAWA self-petitioner reside with the abuser during the qualifying relationship, rather than at any time in the past.

We reviewed and updated the information for 45 resources on our South Carolina Courthouse Locations page.

We reviewed and updated the information for the three resources on our Delaware Courthouse Locations page.