What’s New at WomensLaw?

WomensLaw staff is constantly updating the “plain language” legal information and resources on WomensLaw.org. In addition to making sure that the existing information is up-to-date, staff also adds new information on a regular basis.

What’s new:

• April 2024

  We added a Litigation Abuse page in Tennessee that includes the following six new questions based on the law that allows someone dealing with an abusive civil action to request that pre-filing restrictions be put on the plaintiff:

  • What is the definition of an abusive civil action in Tennessee?
  • How can I raise a claim that an abusive civil action has been filed?
  • How do I prove the abuser has filed an abusive civil action?
  • What can a judge do after deciding that a court case is an abusive civil action?
  • What happens if an abusive civil plaintiff files new court papers?
  • The judge determined that the case against me is not an abusive civil action. What will happen next?

  We revised the question “Is there anything I can do if my abusive partner continually files court proceedings against me?” on our Restraining Orders, Custody, and Divorce pages to direct users to this new section.

  We also added five related statutes to our Selected Tennessee Statutes page.

• April 2024

  We updated five resources on our Puerto Rico Statewide Programs page in English and Spanish.

• April 2024

  In our Preparing for Court - By Yourself section, we added the question Do I need a subpoena for potential witnesses to testify? to our Before the Trial sub-section in English and Spanish.

• April 2024

  We created a new Delaware Sexual Violence Protective Orders section based on new laws that went into effect in October 2023. The new section has 19 new questions, and we also added four related statutes to our Selected Delaware Statutes page.

• April 2024

  On our Nebraska Download Court Forms page, we added links to the Nebraska Judicial Branch website’s forms for harassment protection orders, sexual assault protection orders, divorce, and child support. 

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