Exceptions to statutory rape law in california?

No state has a law against dating, states only have laws against sex. But people will assume you are having sex if you date him, and that can cause him to be arrested, tried in court, and possibly even convicted if the prosecutor is more convincing to the jury than the defense. Yes, even if you never had sex with him.

The old saying that "16 will get you 20" refers to the specific felony charge you would be risking for your 19 year old potential-boyfriend. In other words, have sex with a 16 year old and go to prison for 20 years. California has the third strictest laws in the United States when it comes to underage sex.

California is one of the few states where two minors can be convicted of raping EACHOTHER. In your example of your ex-boyfriend, if you had sex with him he would have been guilty of a crime punishable by 6-12 months in prison. And so would you, since he was underage at the time as well.

In the case of your 19 year old prospective boyfriend, he would be guilty of a felony punishable by 20 years in prison. After he got out, he would be a registered sex offender for life. All for raping you.

Statutory rape is the legal theory that someone below an arbitrary age (18 in California), even 30 seconds younger than the arbitrary age, cannot give consent to have sex. So even though they said yes, the law says they actually said no. And having sex with someone who tells you no is rape.

Your father is right about kids being taken away too. Giving consent for your daughter to be raped is giving consent for a child to be abused. No person fit to be a parent would ever do something like that, so any parent who does something like that is not fit to be around children.

Result: Kids end up in foster care. Kissing and hand holding is fine, legally speaking. Contact with anywhere your swimsuit covers, however, even through clothing is not okay and will result in a statutory rape conviction for your boyfriend if anyone notices you doing it.

Any kind of sex, even oral sex, is an even worse idea in California. Some states have a close-in-age exemption (often called a Romeo & Juliet law). California does not.

People will tell you that California has a 3 year age allowance; It does not. All being within 3 years of age does for you in California is turn a 20 year felony prison sentence into a 1 year misdemeanor prison sentence. But your boyfriend is more than 3 years older than you, so if he gets convicted of statutory rape (whether you had sex or not), he'd be facing the full 20 years.

It's safer to wait until you're 18.

As long as you don't engage in sexual acts with him (intercourse, oral sex, masturbation, etc.), there shouldn't be any cause for concern, and as far as I know, he is not doing anything illegal. The law is concerned about sexual acts, not dating. The law has many more important things to be worried about than two kids holding hands.

However, it is understandable that your father is concerned, but he is overreacting. Even if the young man is charged, I'm sure there won't be such big repercussions for the family. I think it's best that you present the young man to your parents and be very honest about your relationship.

If they do not wish you to be involved with him, respect their authority and wait 'tll you're of age.

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