Civil Litigation,
Criminal
Dec. 18, 2019
AB 218: Overdue recognition of childhood abuses
In enacting Assembly Bill 218, the California Legislature finally recognized what survivors of childhood sexual abuse suffer through and the decades of devastation commonly experienced, but often masked, by victims that hinders discovery of the abuses.
Raymond P. Boucher
Founder and Senior Partner
Boucher LLP
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Pepperdine University SOL; Malibu CA
In enacting Assembly Bill 218, the California Legislature finally recognized what survivors of childhood sexual abuse suffer through and the decades of devastation commonly experienced, but often masked, by victims that hinders discovery of the abuses. The new law extends the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse, and gives previously time-barred survivors a chance to confront their abusers and the entities that facilitated the abuse.
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