Seeking help with GREP expression

I am working with InDesign's GREP feature for the first time. I'm learning the codes but I'm still pretty lost. I'd appreciate some assistance creating an expression.
The document is a test. I'd like to reflow each question onto it's own page.
The individual questions look more or less like this:
LM_CC1234
■13»Solorrovit ipietum voluptium fugit, am, si ame.¶
Olenisquia dis etur rem quia dollenis maximus est?¶
A»plicius perovit¶
B»alit ducit fugia¶
C»vel invel ius¶
D»offic tem aboriae¶
I'm open to different possibilities, but right now I'm trying to search for the spot that's either 11 or 12 characters (including line breaks) before the square dingbat (hexadecimal x25A0). The LM_CC1234 identifier sometimes uses a format with one more letter (like SLM_CC1224) hence the 11 or 12 character count.
Once InDesign has found the spot, I want to insert a carriage return (hexadecimal xD) in that spot throughout the document.
Thank you for your time!

Hi,
Did you consider startParagraph property to use?
If      LM_CC1234
or     LM_CC1234
        ■13»Solorrovit ipietum voluptium fugit, am, si ame.¶
are separate paragraphs -- this option could be set to StartParagraph.NEXT_PAGE,
so no GREP needed here.
hope...

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