TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 14, 2022

The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday sent to the president a bill eliminating the statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse who seek to file civil claims. The “Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act” had passed the Senate in March, WKRN reports. The measure calls for removing the statute of limitations for minors filing civil claims relating to a number of sex abuse crimes, including forced labor, sex trafficking, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children. Under current law, minors who experience sexual abuse are able to file federal civil claims until they turn 28 years old, or until 10 years after the violation or injury is discovered. There is no statute of limitations in place for criminal offenses involving child sex abuse.