{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-260-4c1-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 4C1/2","heading":"Negligent supervision or conduct causing or contributing to the sexual abuse of minor by another person","body":"Section 4C1/2. An action of tort alleging that the defendant negligently supervised a person who sexually abused a minor or that the defendant's conduct caused or contributed to the sexual abuse of a minor by another person shall be commenced within the later to expire of: (i) 35 years of the acts alleged to have caused an injury or condition to such minor; or (ii) 7 years of the time the victim discovered or reasonably should have discovered that an emotional or psychological injury or condition was caused by such act; provided, however, that the time limit for commencement of such an action under this section shall be tolled for a child until the child reaches 18 years of age. For purposes of this section, ''sexual abuse'' shall have the same meaning as in section 4C.","path":["Part III","Title V","Chapter 260"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleV/Chapter260/Section4C1~2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:07Z","sha256":"0426838a39e71fe3880101c40c716f07f1ce1c2e2892475fcff4807b17ac0993","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-260-4e","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-260-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}