NEW YORK

SOL and related laws

NEW YORK STATUTES OF LIMITATION AND RELATED LAWS

CHILD USA has created a Survivor Toolkit to help those survivors in New York understand their rights and guide them through the empowering but challenging process of filing a civil lawsuit.

CHILD SEX ABUSE SOLS

 

AGE OF MAJORITY

AGE OF CONSENT

AGE OF MARRIAGE

 

MEDICAL NEGLECT STATUTE

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY STATUTE

MANDATORY REPORTING LAWS

CHILD SEX ABUSE SOLS

AGE OF MAJORITY

AGE OF CONSENT

AGE OF MARRIAGE

MANDATORY REPORTING LAWS

MEDICAL NEGLECT STATUTE

 

 

 

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY STATUTE

Amicus Advocacy in New York

GILCHRIST v. OLVER

GILCHRIST v. OLVER

CHILD USA filed this brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant that this Court should reverse the lower court’s decision and permit Plaintiff to proceed with her claim under the revival window opened by the New York Child Victims Act ("CVA"). Here, CHILD USA argues that...

ELIZABETH SCHEARER v. ALBION FITZGERALD

ELIZABETH SCHEARER v. ALBION FITZGERALD

CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief to supply the New York Court of Appeals with the legislative and public policies undergirding the New York Child Victims Act. It also presents current research on the impact that abuse has on individuals, including the many years it...