Legal Question in Criminal Law in Missouri

Is it illegal for a 16 year old to date a 20 year old?


Asked on 8/11/14, 11:45 pm

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Anthony Smith LawSmith

There can be several legal ramifications of a 16 yer old and a 20 year old having sex. The 20 year old can be charged with statutory rape or just plain rape. The parents of a 16 year old boy might be liable for child support for a child their Son sires with a 20 year old woman. If the 16 year old lives with their parents, the 20 year old can be charged with trespassing, as 16 year old cannot overrule their parents prohibition of certain visitors on the property. But, absent a prohibition from the minor's parents and not sex, there seem sot be nothing illegal or unlawful about a 16 year old minor and a 20 year old adult being in the same place at the same time or talking with one another.

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Answered on 8/20/14, 10:44 am


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