Korst v. McMahon

¶1 Carolyn Korst appeals from a bench trial that dismissed her claims against her father for childhood sexual abuse on statute of limitations grounds. We reverse and remand the matter for trial.

Bridgewater, J.

¶2 Beginning when she was eight years old, Carolyn Korst’s father, Phillip McMahon, Sr., sexually abused her. When she was 14, she told her mother that her father had been raping her, and her mother called Child Protective Services (CPS). McMahon admitted to CPS that he had raped his daughter, but CPS allowed him to return home after only one night in jail.

¶3 Many years later, in 1995,…