In texas, is it illegal for a 17 year old girl to have sex with a 22 year old man?

Originally Posted by Unregistered REALLY IM A LAWYER IN TEXAS... SO YOUR TELLING ME THAT YOUR 17 AND CONSIDER YOURSELF AN ADULT WHO CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT...HMMM I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT YOUR PARENTS ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS UNTIL 18 YEARS OLD UNLESS YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN SUPPORTING YOURSELF AND FILING YOUR OWN TAXES AT THE AGE OF 16 .. PERHAPS MSS. GROWN UP YOU SHOULD LOOK UP THE LAW AS WELL AS THE FOOT NOTES AND EXCEPTIONS IT CARRIES...JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING AND ONLY GET 1/2 THE INFO DOESNT MAKE YOU SMART UNTIL YOU DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

AND ALL ADULTS KNOW THAT...STILL THINK YOUR ONE?

REALLY? I'M A 17 YEAR OLD IN TEXAS AND SINCE THERE SEEMS TO BE A TREND IN WRITING WITH ALL CAPS IN THIS FORUM I'D LIKE TO SPEAK MY MIND IN THIS TONE IF YOU PLEASE. BECAUSE TEXAS HAS NOTORIOUSLY GOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE BAR EXAM AS YOU KNOW IS EASY TO PASS HERE, CONGRATS MISS LAWYER LADY. I ALSO THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU DEMANDED WHATEVER SCRAPS OF RESPECT YOU COULD GET FROM THIS OBVIOUSLY PRO-ESQUE FORUM WHERE YOU'RE PROBABLY ONE OF FEW ADULTS ACTUALLY REVIEWING THIS CONTENT; AND FOR THAT I RESPECT YOU. SO BEFORE YOU GO AMENDING THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION FOR THE 457TH TIME GRANTING ADULTS MORE RIGHTS THAT 17 YEAR OLDS CAN ONLY DREAM OF HAVING REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOUR CHILD TURNS 17 AND HAS A JOB, YOU CAN NO LONGER USE THEM AS A LEGITIMATE TAX RETURN ALMOST REINFORCING THE FACT THAT 17 YEAR OLDS ARE TOO YOUNG TO MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT I SHOULD CONCLUDE FROM YOUR OBVIOUS EXPERTISE ON THE MATTER? YOU HAVE KIDS I BET... haha.

Owned.

BEEEOTCH

Haha, no you're not a lawyer, b/c you'd know about this. here's the law as of September 1, 2009.

"C.S.H.B. 3680 amends the Penal Code to create the offense of contributing to the delinquency of a child for a person who is 17 years of age or older and who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes or encourages a child to engage in specific conduct that, under the circumstances surrounding the actor's conduct, would cause the child to be present during the commission of another offense under the Penal Code or to enter or remain in a place where prostitution is practiced or where a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue, drug paraphernalia, or marihuana is used, possessed, manufactured, or distributed. The bill makes it a third degree felony if the actor commits the offense intentionally or knowingly and makes it a Class A misdemeanor if the actor commits the offense recklessly.



C.S.H.B. 3680 establishes that, if conduct constituting such an offense also constitutes another offense under the Penal Code, the actor may be prosecuted under either offense or both. The bill defines "child" as any person younger than 17 years of age."

So there you go the law is 17 years and up can have sex with eachother, yet 17 yo. and 16 yo. cannot, however this is all at the prosecutor's discretion.

So to answer your question, no it is not illegal.
However if it was illiegal it can still be defended if the consented are within 3 years of age.

haha...adults trying to demand respect from others because they can't get any from their kids---pwned!