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Mandatory Reporting Database

This database provides mandatory reporting regulations regarding children and the elderly for every state, including who is required to report, standards of knowledge, definitions of a victim, to whom the report must be made, what must be included in the report, and regulations regarding timing and other procedures.

Criminal Statutes of Limitations for Sex Offenses by State

This article provides the statutes of limitations by state for sex offenses.

Resources from the American Bar Association

The following charts, summarizing statutes from all 50 states regarding domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence, are provided by the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence.

1. ABA Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking in Civil Protection Order Cases
2. 
   Civil Protection Orders: Domestic Violence June 2009
   This table provides the legal definition of a domestic violence victim and domestic violence abuser, the qualifications for a Domestic Violence Civil Protection Order, and provisions of the order by state.
3. Civil Protection Orders: Sexual Assault June 2009
   This table provides the legal definition of a sexual assault victim and sexual assault abuser, the qualifications for a Sexual Assault Protection Order, and provisions of the order according to each state.
4. Civil Protection Orders: Stalking/Harrassment June 2009
   This table provides the legal definitions and qualifications of stalking and harrassment as well as available relief per state.
5. Statute Allowing Fleeing Survivor Access to Protective Orders May 2009
   The following statutes permit fleeing victims of domestic violence to file for a protective order in one of many places, including where the plaintiff resides or is sheltered at the time of the filing, by state.
6. Summary of DV/SA Advocate Confidentiality Laws August 2007
   This table confirms whether the domestic violence or sexual assault advocate has confidentiality privileges and provides the language of he statute by state.
7. Sign Language Interpreters in Court December 2008
   This table shows state statutes requiring the provision of sign language interpreters to parties for civil proceedings.
8. Foreign Language Interpreters in Court December 2008
   This table provides state statutes requiring the provision of foreign language interpreters to parties for civil proceedings.

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