Question: What happens if a 18 year old dating a minor?

This age is the same for males and females. Note that if a person is 18 years of age or older, and he/she has sexual intercourse with a minor, that person breaks the age of consent law and can be prosecuted for a crime – typically for statutory rape, per Penal Code 261.5.

What is it called when an 18 year old dating a minor?

Statutory rape occurs when a person over the age of consent engages in sexual intercourse with someone under the statutory age of consent, also known as a minor.

Is a 18 year old dating a 16 year old bad?

Its perfectly legal. First of all, there are no laws governing who people can date. There ARE laws governing who people can have sex with. (If you think that dating someone is just the same thing as having sex with them, then you are too young

Is a 15 year old dating an 18 year old legal?

In a Nutshell: Sex between an 18 year-old and a 15 year-old is illegal in California, meaning any touching of “private parts” of either, even with consent of both parties (and perhaps even the parents of each teenager) is illegal in California because the age of consent is 18.

Can an 18 year-old girl date a 15 year-old boy?

In a Nutshell: Sex between an 18 year-old and a 15 year-old is illegal in California, meaning any touching of “private parts” of either, even with consent of both parties (and perhaps even the parents of each teenager) is illegal in California because the age of consent is 18.

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