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Monday, June 15, 2009
Law - "The Maturing of a Movement: Statute of Limitations Reform for Sex Abuse Victims"
Marci A. Hamilton, a FindLaw columnist and professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, has this lengthy June 11th article titled "The Maturing of a Movement: Statute of Limitations Reform for Sex Abuse Victims." The introduction:
When the California legislature passed amendments to its statute of limitations on child sex abuse in 2002, no one knew that its members were initiating a revolution for child sex abuse survivors. The key innovation was the "window" legislation, which gave survivors one year (2003) to file claims even if the statute of limitations for their claims already had expired. In this column, I'll consider the growing influence of this important law and its supporters.Here are two earlier ILB entries, from April 4, 2008, and Jan. 25, 2009, that mention the impact of the statute of limitations in Indiana abuse cases.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 15, 2009 08:43 AM
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