Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Illinois

This has nothing to do with intellectual property.

However, to save you the bother of reposting, the boy's parents are right.

The Illinois legal Age of Consent for sexual contact is 17 years old. 9 states have a legal age of consent of 17.

The older partner commits criminal sexual abuse if he or she commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim between 13 and 17 years of age and the accused was less than 5 years older than the victim. This charge is raised to criminal aggravated sexual abuse if the perpetrator is more than 5 years older then the victim. There are no set close-in-age exemptions to Illinois's age of consent. This means that anyone who engages in sexual activity with someone under the age of consent in Illinois is liable for prosecution, including people only a few years older and even others who are also under the age of consent.