CURRENT LAWS
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Best Practices for Litigating Child Sex Abuse Civil Cases CLE:
Full Series Airing September 10, 2020!
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Part 1: Best Practices for Litigating Child Sex Abuse Cases | 8:00am – 10:40pm
Part 2: Proving the Elements of Child Sex Abuse in Civil Litigation | 11:00am – 2:00pm
NEW: Part 3: Damages and Recovery in a Chid Sex Abuse Case | 3:00pm – 6:30pm
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CHILD USA tracks laws that put children at risk so that we can study and improve those laws to prevent abuse and neglect.
Click on the map below for each state’s statutes of limitation (SOLs) for child sex abuse, age of marriage, medical neglect, and religious liberty statutes:
CHILD USA’s Legal Team
Marci Hamilton, Esq.
Legal Director
Alice Bohn, Esq.
Staff Attorney
Alice Nasar Hanan, Esq.
Staff Attorney
Lauren Majewski, Esq.
Staff Attorney
Jessica Schidlow, Esq.
Staff Attorney
We are investigating the states with inadequate protection laws against child sex abuse, maltreatment, physical abuse, and neglect.
The information regarding child protection laws provided is solely for informational purposes and is not legal advice. To determine the law in a particular sex abuse or maltreatment case, contact a lawyer in the state.
CHILD USA’S LEGAL REPORTS
2019 ANNUAL STATUTES OF LIMITATION (SOL) REPORT
CHILD SEX ABUSE SOL REFORM FROM 2002 TO 2019
National overview of the movement to prevent child sex abuse and empower victims through statutes of limitation reform since 2002. This report includes an overview of the current and prior criminal and civil SOLs in each of the 50 states, the recent trends in SOL reform, a focus on revival windows and CHILD USA’s rankings of each state’s SOLs.
STATUTES OF LIMITATION (SOL) REFORM SUMMARIES
CHILD USA leads the national SOL reform movement and tracks every SOL reform bill for child sex abuse introduced in state legislatures across the country. Our SOL Summary provides an overview of all pending bills and new laws and is updated on a weekly basis. It also highlights states that have eliminated SOLs and revived expired claims.
2020 SOL SUMMARY
2019 SOL SUMMARY
2018 SOL SUMMARY
REVIVAL AND WINDOW LAWS
States have revival laws allowing survivors to file civil lawsuits for child sex abuse claims that were previously expired.
ALL REVIVAL AND WINDOW LAWS SINCE 2002
An overview of the revival laws in 17 states and Washington D.C.
NEW REVIVAL AND WINDOW LAWS IN 2019
An overview of 2019 revival laws in 8 states and Washington D.C.
RELATIVE SUCCESS MEMO
Tracks the number of civil lawsuits filed by survivors in each state with a revival/window law
TRAFFICKING SOL
National overview of current criminal and civil statutes of limitation for child sex trafficking in each state
RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS TO MEDICAL CARE
An explanation of religious exemptions to medical care and why they need to be eliminated
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