Statutory Rape w/ minors

[forgottnminds]

Both kids are minors age 16 in state of Texas. Can her parents charge him with statutory rape?

not sue in TX but check with your local DA's office and police department---normally they cannot be prosecuted where they are both the same age and under age.

otherwise they could both be prosecuted...the under-age laws apply to boys too

age 17 is the age of consent but>>>>


Doesn't that make many high school students felons? No. Texas has a "Romeo and Juliet" law for minors who are within 3 years of age.

(e) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(2) that: (1) the actor was not more than three years older than the victim and at the time of the offense: (A) was not required under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, to register for life as a sex offender; or (B) was not a person who under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, had a reportable conviction or adjudication for an offense under this section; and (2) the victim: (A) was a child of 14 years of age or older; and (B) was not a person whom the actor was prohibited from marrying or purporting to marry or with whom the actor was prohibited from living under the appearance of being married under Section 25.01.