I am 18 and my girlfriend is 16...We've began to get sexually active and now it is quite possible that she could be pregnant. Can I get arrested for statutory rape or whatever? We live in Georgia if that helps on different laws. I've heard they vary from state to state?
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Age differences
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I believe the law does vary, but you can not be arrested unless the parents press charges against you.
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I don't think that's true. Parents are just a third party. If there's any way that a DA can make a case against you (i.e., if he can gather enough evidence), you are risking jail time.
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The age of consent may be 16, but he is 18 and she is a minor, so would that not effect anything?
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Not for me, what makes Georgia different from anywhere else?
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Well, if the age of consent is truely 16 than you should be fine. And the only reason the DA would even get involved if tis a repeated "offense" meaning he's 18 and he continues getting 16 yea old girls pregnant etc etc (only one example why a DA would get involved, there are more).Also as someone else said as long as her parents are cool with you, you're bases are covered.
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Doesn't age of consent mean that you can consent to sex with a 16- or 17-year-old, but it's still statuatory rape if you have sex with someone who's 18+?The rest of your reasoning is completely absurd. Either it's illegal or it isn't. You don't get a free pass for the first 3 or 4 offenses.
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In reply to:The state also considered putting stickers inside textbooks that discredits evolution. Wow, that is seriously retarded.
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Why do you feel like telling everybody what you did ? If that girl and you would be the only people that know about what happened, you`d have no problems
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what is statuatory rape?
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If she's pregnant, how do you keep that secret?
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Statutory rape is when someone over the age of 18 has sex with someone under the age of 18 (a minor) whether it is concentual sex or not.
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I don't know about that Steve. I think as long as your parents (or the girl) do not press charges, the guy will not be arrested. I just turned 16 when I got pregnant and the father was 25. We didn't press charges and nothing happened to him.
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Actually, I think NtroducingMyself was correct when he said: "Well, if the age of consent is truely 16 than you should be fine." But it's a little more complicated in some states. In Florida, "The age of sexual consent is 16 for adults who are under 24 years of age, or if the adult that is 24 years of age or older is married to the minor." Otherwise, it's 18.And it's a problem to have sex with other people who can't give informed consent (someone who's in your care, someone who's mentally retarded, etc.).But if you're an adult and have legal consensual sex with a minor, you still have to be careful about doing things that "contribute to the delinquincy of a minor", like keeping her out too late on a school night when having sex.___________I don't think a parent has any special standing in pressing charges. If you're parked on a lover's lane and a police officer walks up to your car while you're in the (consensual) act, you can be busted. But if no one tells the police, how are they going to come after you? If you give birth in a hospital, they're not usually interested in turning in people in cases like that.
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Yes, parents can press charges for anything that has to do with thier minor child. And I don't think giving birth in a hospital has anything to do with whether the guy will get in trouble or not. I got a letter that said we had to get a paternity test, and then we had to go to juvenile court to set up a child support agreement. I think that is all they (the state, welfare, whatever) ultimately care about anyway, unless the parents make an issue out of it. Also, my sister-in-law filed charges against a 21year old for having sex with her 15 year old. It was consentual, but he still went to jail. Nothing would have happened to him if my sister hadn't pressed charges.
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In reply to: Statutory rape is when someone over the age of 18 has sex with someone under the age of 18 (a minor) whether it is concentual sex or not. I'm sorry if the OP dones't like me asking questions in his thread, but will statutory rape get you in trouble? Like if the woman has a baby?
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Absolutely. Statutory rape isn't just a term used, its a law and can be punished by very long prison sentences.
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I'm no expert in criminal law, but can't anyone file a crimial complaint? Then the police will investigate, and if they think there's probable cause, they'll make an arrest. Then the District Attorney will decide to bring charges if he thinks there's a case.I assume anyone can turn in a 21-year-old who statutorily rapes a 15-year-old. What if the parent(s) can't or won't file a complaint?
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Where does that site answer the issues that was raised in the post you replied to?
