Statute of Limitations laws have been the bane of child advocates for years. There are federal statutes and state statutes, and whichever one takes precedent depends on how good your lawyer is. There are child abuse lawyers who will take a case to court even though they know the statutes of limitations have expired. Why they are not disbarred for frivolous lawsuits is beyond me! Hopefully, most of them are taking the cases pro-bono. I would hate to think an abuse victim would be re-victimized by hefty legal bills from a case that seemed doomed from the start.
Things appear to be changing. The state of Louisiana recently changed the statutes of limitations for those who were abused before they reached their 17th birthday. It was raised to 30 years! If you were abused prior to 21, it’s 10 years.
Most states are still on the old pattern of 2-7…
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Another published account, available on Amazon, of another alleged rape and sexual abuse victim of Mack Ford and the New Bethany Girls home on Hiser Rd. in Arcadia, Bienville Parish:
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