Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in Florida

I found something and i want to know if it is true

Hi I found from a website that says it is accurate but before i do anything like this I want to make sure. here it is.... We get many comments regarding Florida and our posting of the age of consent as 18. You should understand that our definition of ''age of legal consent'' is the age at which a person may consent to sexual contact with ANY person not in a position of authority, etc. Using our definition, the age of consent in Florida is 18.

However, for the sake of argument and clarification, if a person is less than 24 years old, they may enter into sexual contact with a person who is at least 16 years old.]

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Asked on 3/30/04, 2:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jeffrey Sheldon

Re: I found something and i want to know if it is true

The Florida law on what is commonly called "statutory rape," in other words illegal sex with an underage person, is:

1) intercourse with an unmarried person under 18 who was previously chaste is illegal; and

2) intercourse with any person 15 years old or younger by a person 18 years old or older is illegal, regardles of consent.

There are other laws on lewd conduct with a person younger than 16, but I do not know of any rule regarding the age of 24.

A safe rule of thumb is to know how old your partner is and avoid any sexual activity with anyone 18 or younger.

Jeff Sheldon

Jeffrey L. Sheldon, Esquire

The Sheldon Law Firm

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Answered on 4/05/04, 11:08 pm


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