Legal Question in Criminal Law in New Jersey

Re: Incest

There is no simple answer to this question. You must first determine exactly what age your sister was. You must also try to remember when this occured. According to the current law you can be prosecuted at any time for a crime of sexual assault if the victim was under the age of 13. The statue of limitation was changed to allow proesecution at any time in the 80's. Remembering your time table of events is very important.

This is not a simple question to answer and does require some research.

Best regards,

Savy Grant

Incest

Dates could be quite important in your situation. At present, there is no statute of limitations in New Jersey for sexual assault. There formerly was a statute of limitations, however. Your possible exposure to prosecution, therefore, becomes a matter of whether or not the statute of limitations had already passed at the time the law was changed.

The question of whether or not the statute had already passed by the time the law had changed must be carefully analyzed. The statute itself had a particular time period, but that time period would not have run during times when your sister was a minor, as well as, possibly, other times.

The bottom line is, the question needs more research. You need to figure out exactly when these events occurred. You need to review this in light of your sister's exact birthday. Then you need to analyze all of this information in terms of the exact date that the law changed.

There are no short cuts in analyzing the legal issues your question presents.