Glaze v. Deffenbaugh

J. JONES, Justice.

Veronica Glaze and Viola Ralston sued their father, Respondent James Deffenbaugh, for civil damages stemming from allegations that he sexually molested them as children. The district court granted summary judgment to Deffenbaugh on all claims. We affirm.

I

In 1973, James and Sharon Deffenbaugh adopted Veronica Glaze and Viola Ralston (“the daughters”) in California when Glaze was ten and Ralston nine. The daughters allege that Deffenbaugh began molesting them in 1974 or 1975 and that the molestation ended in 1979, sometime after the family moved to Idaho. The daughters…