Statutes of Limitation
A statute of limitations sets a limit of the maximum amount of time after a wrong occurs in which a person harmed by that wrong may file a lawsuit. These limitations periods can be suspended (“tolled”) for certain reasons, including when the person harmed is a minor child or is not mentally capable of understanding that he or she has been harmed.
If a person is under eighteen years old, mentally incapacitated, or imprisoned for a term less than life when a cause of action accrues, that person may file suit up to two years after the disability is removed. However, no case may be filed more than 23 years after the cause of action accrued.