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May 2024

We updated 13 resources on our Alabama Legal Assistance page and one on our Lawyer Referral Services page in English and Spanish.

We created a new California Workplace Violence Restraining Orders section with nine new questions in English. Spanish coming soon!

We created a new Utah Workplace Violence Protective Orders section with six new questions in English. Spanish coming soon!

To prepare our Nebraska Sexual Assault Protection Orders section to be translated into Spanish, we revised 10 questions for clarity and accuracy.

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