What is a Statute of Limitations?
  • The amount of time after you reach the age of 18 before your claim is no longer be enforceable.
  • The amount of time is different in every State, territory, or other location.
  • The time period might be one, two, or ten or more years after you are 18.
  • In some States, the period does not start until you could have discovered your injury.

Which Statute Do Sexual Abuse Survivors Use?
  • The Statute of the State or location in which the abuse occurred.
  • The law of the State or location in which you were abused controls, not where you live now.
  • If you were abused in more than one State location then you have a claim in each State location.