A Foster Child Alleged Molestation But Government Claim Was Not Timely Filed.

A foster child alleged molestation by the foster father for two months during 2009, but now contends the cause of action against the county did not accrue until March, 2012 after legal counsel obtained an police investigator’s follow-up report dated January 14, 2011. A government claim was filed in May 2012. The minor disclosed the molestation to minor’s parents in December 2010, and county social workers caused a police investigation at that time, which led to the foster father’s pleading guilty to child molestation. The trial court denied a petition for relief from the claim requirement set forth in Government Code section 945.4. The appellate court affirmed, stating that “because J.J.’s cause of action accrued at the latest in March 2011 and because J.J. did not submit a claim to the County until May 2012—more than a year later—we are constrained to conclude the court properly denied her petition.” (J.J. v. County of San Diego (Cal. App. Fourth Dist., Div. 1; February 14, 2014) (As Mod. March 7, 2014) 223 Cal.App.4th 1214, [167 Cal.Rptr.3d 861].)