Is Time Limit for Filing Child Sex Abuse Suit Extended Where Victim’s Memory of Abuse Was Repressed?
Or Did 2006 Bill Extending Deadline to Age 30 Set Unconditional Limit Amy Pratte v. Rodney Stewart, Case no. 2009-0953 2nd District Court of Appeals (Greene County) ISSUE: Did 2006 legislation establishing a 12-year statute of limitations (time limit) after reaching the age of majority for an alleged victim of child sexual abuse to file a civil suit against the abuser establish an unconditional deadline, or is the running of the statute tolled (suspended) until the date a victim recovers repressed memories of childhood abuse. BACKGROUND: In a 1994 decision, Ault v. Jasko, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that, in a case where a victim of child sexual abuse repressed the memory of that abuse but later recovered those memories, the (then) one-year statute of limitations for filing a civil suit against the alleged abuser was tolled (did not begin to run) until the date the victim recovered her memory or otherwise should reasonably have become aware of the past abuse. In May 2006, the Court
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