Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in Illinois

Is it illegal in the state of Illinois for a 17 year old to kiss a 12 year old?


Asked on 11/17/09, 3:50 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

While this sounds sweet and innocent, assuming you are the 17 year old and are not talking about kissing your 12-year old sister because it's her birthday, it depends in great part on your ultimate intent, but the parents of the 12-year old will be the ones who probably would take legal action and it's not worth the risk and they could give a hoot what you were thinking. You're treading on some very dangerous stuff here, especially today.

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Answered on 11/29/09, 11:12 pm


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