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Council adopts program to provide legal representation for low‑income domestic‑violence survivors in divorce cases
Summary
Intro 11‑75a directs the Office to End Domestic and Gender‑Based Violence to establish a program (subject to appropriation) providing brief legal assistance and full legal representation to income‑eligible survivors during divorce proceedings; the council allocated $2 million in the FY2026 budget to launch the initiative.
The council approved Intro 11‑75a to create, subject to appropriation, a program administered by the Office to End Domestic and Gender‑Based Violence that will provide both brief legal assistance and full legal representation to income‑eligible survivors of domestic violence in divorce proceedings.
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