Colorado Supreme Court strikes Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act

Ralph Carr Judicial Center, 1300 Broadway, ... — The Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, home to the Colorado Supreme Court, at 1300 Broadway, Denver, on Nov. 14, 2013.

By Shelly Bradbury | sbradbury@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: June 20, 2023 at 10:35 AM MDT | UPDATED: June 20, 2023 at 4:19 PM MDT

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The law, which took effect Jan. 1, 2022, allowed for adults who were sexually assaulted as children to bring lawsuits against both their assailant and, in some cases, organizations that ran youth programs.

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Colorado Supreme Court strikes down law that gave victims of decades-old childhood sexual abuse a window to file lawsuits

Justices rule that Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act violates state constitution’s prohibition on retrospective legislation

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