Is it too late to bring a claim for abuse that happened years ago?

Maybe not. Colorado abolished the civil deadline for child sexual abuse occurring in 2022 and later, and older abuse is governed by extended and tolled deadlines that depend on the facts. Don't assume you're time-barred, the analysis is exactly what a confidential consultation is for.

Does there need to be a criminal conviction?

No. The civil standard, more likely than not, is lower than the criminal standard, and civil claims proceed regardless of whether charges were ever filed. Many survivors' only accountability comes through the civil case.

Will the case be public?

Survivors can typically proceed with initials or pseudonyms, records are protected, and most cases resolve confidentially. Protecting your privacy is a structural part of how we handle these claims, starting with the first phone call.

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What Can a Civil Claim Do?

When an institution's failures let a child be harmed, civil accountability regularly reaches the high six figures and beyond, from the organization, not just the individual. That recovery pays for therapy, safety, and your child's future.

Everything moves at your family's pace, with privacy protections at every step: protective orders and discreet filings where the law allows. The people on your case have done this before, and they believe your child.

There is no bill unless we win. The conversation below is free and completely confidential, whenever your family is ready.

The Civil Claim Is the Survivor's Own

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The criminal case belongs to the State; the civil claim belongs to you. It reaches the abuser and the institution, the school that moved the teacher, the league that ignored the complaints, the daycare that skipped the background check, through negligent hiring, supervision, and retention claims that put the organization's own records in play. Our child sexual abuse guide explains the framework, deadlines, and the privacy protections built into every step.

When an institution's physical security failures enabled the abuse, we plead the negligent security playbook alongside.

Where These Cases Arise in Aurora

Aurora's scale, one of Colorado's largest school populations across multiple districts, hundreds of congregations in dozens of languages, youth sports leagues, camps, and licensed childcare across the city, means the institutional settings these cases arise from are all here. So are the resources: forensic interviewing and specialized medical care at Children's Hospital Colorado, and law enforcement units trained for these investigations. A report to police and a civil claim reinforce each other; we help families coordinate both.

How We Build These Cases

Carefully, and at the survivor's pace. The institutional records, personnel files, prior complaints, transfer histories, are pursued through discovery the organization cannot refuse. Expert evidence establishes the abuse's lifelong impact, grounding damages in treatment needs across decades. And privacy protections, pseudonyms, sealed filings, confidential resolution, are in place from the first filing, not negotiated later.

Damages, Venue, and Deadlines

Colorado's damage framework applies with recognition of the harm's severity, and institutional defendants bring the coverage these cases require. Deadlines depend on when the abuse occurred, abolished for abuse in 2022 and later, extended and tolled for earlier abuse, so the only safe rule is: ask now, confidentially. Venue for Aurora institutions is Arapahoe or Adams County District Court. If trial is what justice takes, we are ready.

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