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
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...
JOSEPH KASTNER v. JOHN SA DOE, ET AL.,
In 2019, the New York General Assembly passed the Child Victims Act that revived child sexual abuse claims for one year. Defendant in this case challenged, the constitutionality of the Act. With its pro bono partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, CHILD USA wrote this amicus...
VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE v. PRINCE ANDREW, DUKE OF YORK, a/k/a ANDREW ALBERT CHRISTIAN EDWARD, in his personal capacity
In 2019, the New York General Assembly passed the Child Victims Act that revived child sexual abuse claims for one year. Due to the judicial barriers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including court closures, the Legislature extended the revival window for an...