Access to the Civil Court System for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse in Georgia: Observations and Recommendations from the Clinical Legal Education Experience
| dc.contributor.author | Hetherington, E. M., & Nunnally, M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-15T16:40:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-15T16:40:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | With the closing of the HPA’s open window on June 30, 2017,5 the CEASE Clinic actively follows legislative efforts in the state of Georgia to improve access to the courts for survivors of child sexual abuse. Although the scope of the problem is broad, access to the civil justice system remains narrow for survivors and further improvements should be made to Georgia’s civil statute of limitations. Section II of this Article discusses the scope of the issue of child sexual abuse, including its prevalence, effects on survivors, repressed memory and delayed discovery, and financial consequences. Section III discusses the history of the statute of limitations in the state of Georgia for civil claims arising out of acts of child sexual abuse. Section IV explores the impact of the HPA in Georgia courts as well as opposition to proposed legislative changes and going forward, such as constitutional challenges and concerns over the floodgates of litigation. Finally, Section V will discuss the possibility of new legislation by looking at model statutes enacted in other states. Section VI concludes. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Emma M. Hetherington and Michael Nunnally, Access to the Civil Court System for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse in Georgia: Observations and Recommendations from the Clinical Legal Education Experience , 53 Ga. L. Rev. Online 35 (2019), Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/1302 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2302&context=fac_artchop | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/4499 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Georgia | en_US |
| dc.subject | child abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | research | en_US |
| dc.subject | CIVIL COURT | en_US |
| dc.subject | law | en_US |
| dc.subject | statute | en_US |
| dc.subject | statute of limitations | en_US |
| dc.title | Access to the Civil Court System for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse in Georgia: Observations and Recommendations from the Clinical Legal Education Experience | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |