My 22 year old daughter was touch inappropriately when she was 14 by ex. Is there anything I can do?

There is no statute of limitation in Alabama for sex crimes against children. Your daughter is now an adult. She can file charges anytime she is ready.

Actually your daughter must open the complaint herself.

In Alabama. Now understand this is a matter of heresay

evidence or" He said, She said! " Now touching falls under

molestation, and inappropriate contact. Rape is a different story.

My question is this why hasn't she come forward before now?

and Yes there is a good chance this can be misconstrued as

a case of revenge.

I would not handle it at all, I would go directly to the police. This is not a friend, as you have already figured out. When someone that called me a friend crossed the line and touched my daughter inappropriately, I would not talk to them at all, I would just press charges and let the police handle him.

I do believe that too many years have past for you to be able to do any thing about this in court. JAG will tell her what she is able to do, and she is the only person who can do something. You can not say anything about this during the divorce. His guilt would have to be established in court. And too many years have passed to do this.

Good luck to both of you.

The case has to be prosecuted in Alabama because that is where the crime occurred. That would mean that the police in the city where the crime(s) happened would have to investigate the allegations which would mean she would have to go back to Alabama.

The statute of limitations under 15-3-1 et seq states any sex offense with one under 16, there is no SoL in Alabama.

http://law.findlaw.com/state-laws/criminal-statute...

The judge may think exactly that.

Honestly if the statues of limitations HAS NOT run out, it would still be hard to prove unless he admitted to it which I highly doubt. There is no evidence and it is his word versus hers and if you went to the cops I would be extremely surprised if he was even arrest with no corroborating evidence.

Eight years is an awful long time to wait to bring this kind of charge. Unless he raped her, I doubt that anyone will consider filing any sort of charge.

The statute of limitations for sexual assault in Alabama is three years after the commission of the act.

http://www.rainn.org/pdf-files-and-other-documents...

Recently? ... What were you doing when she was 14 ... it's a bit late now ... now it does sound like revenge!

The "Statute of Limitations" is 2 years, except for murder, so it is too late.