Legal Question in Family Law in Mississippi

A minor in love with an older man

I live in Mississippi. I am almost 17 years old and I am in love with a man who is 28 and I want to move out of my parents home and live with him, but I am afraid my parents will file charges against him for statutory rape. Is there any way I can have my status as a minor lifted? Please don't think he is some kind of sick pervert because that is not the case. We simply fell in love.


Asked on 9/04/02, 1:20 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jeffrey Padgett Padgett Law Firm, pllc

Re: A minor in love with an older man

You will need to petition the court to do so. However there will be an almost endless amount of questions the judge will want to address. Including issues such as school, self preservation and the like. I don't want to sound like your parents, and I'm not judging you, but you would probably come out easier in the long run just waiting until you're 18 and/or out of high school.

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Answered on 9/04/02, 9:32 am


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