Bd. of Education of Harford Cnty. v. Doe

Summary

The court held that the 2017 time restriction for child sexual abuse claims was an ordinary statute of limitations, not a statute of repose, and therefore did not create a vested right in defendants to remain free from liability. The court further held that retroactively eliminating that limitations period did not violate Maryland's constitutional protections for vested property rights, but that heightened rational basis review applies because the 2023 Act resurrected remedies previously barred by the limitations period. The opinion concludes that the 2023 Act bears a real and substantial relation to the problem it addresses, although the supplied text ends before the final disposition. No separate opinions are included in the supplied record.