Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
statutory rape
My friend is 21 and his girlfriend is 16. She is now pregnant and her parents do not know. She is keeping the baby and they are afraid of what will happen if the parents try to charge him with statutory rape. They did not have sex before she was 16 and he has never been arrested before. She willingly had sex...will a judge likely put him in jail or let him off the hook since there is a child involved? Thank you
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: statutory rape
It might help if they get married. I'd think this over before doing it, as it affects their lives for a long time.
I don't know what the D. A. will be inclined to do if there's a rape charge filed by the parents. However, most parents know that a father in jail is a non-contributing father. And may result in one really angry grandchild once the child learns his dad went to jail because of his grand parents.
This needs to be pointed out to the girl's parents. They know that their daughter took the matter out of their hands, and did the act voluntarily.
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