Q: Husband confessed to touching sister as children in IL 28 years ago. In GA 20 years now. Can she still file against him?
Husband only admitted after begging me not to press charges on his sister's 15 yr old son for inappropriately touching our 6 yr old daughter. He is scared he will get prosecuted for what he did to his sister if I try to protect our daughter. His family doesn't know what he did to his sister. When informed of what nephew did to our daughter, Mother-in-law called her a liar and now claim that I convinced her to make up the story. Want to protect my child and prove her story to them so that boy doesn't hurt her or anyone else & gets the help he needs, but do not want my husband to get in trouble for his actions as a child because he will lose his job! Until this is cleared, we will have nothing to do with his family. Seriously need advice for this! Want to get daughter help, but can't!
A: You need to ask this question in Illinois. In Georgia the statute of limitations would have run out already and he could not be prosecuted.
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A: Illinois joins 36 other states and the federal government in removing criminal statutes of limitations for some or all sexual offenses against children. So you should call the DA's office in the county where you lived and you can potentially press charges.
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