STATE EX REL. JUV. DEPT. v. Nicholls

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• noting that, in examining the text, the court looks first for the presence of an explicit retro-activity clause
• if a statute is remedial, it presumptively applies retroactively; if it is substantive, it presumptively applies prospectively
• “[W]hen a statute lacks an express retroactivity clause, the legislative record is typically silent and of no assistance.”

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