4232 The Code of Civil Procedure requirement that an attorney file certificates of merit from him/herself and a licensed health care professional before serving a complaint on behalf of a plaintiff over the age of 26 years in an action for childhood sexual abuse, or a certificate explaining why it was not possible to obtain a consultation with a licensed health care professional in time to bring the action within the period of limitations, permits filing all three certificates within sixty days after service of the complaint.CitationMCVEIGH v DOES 1 through 3 (Childhood Sexual Abuse) 138 CA4 898 [See: CCP 340.1; Phelps v Stostad 16 C4 23, T/AT 8/97]
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