Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

Statutory

I am 20 year old male who lives in virginia. My girlfriend is a 17 year old who lives in california. Her dad lives in california. Can he charge me for rape?


Asked on 8/28/08, 3:47 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jonathan Katz Jon Katz, P.C.

Re: Statutory

Virginia still seems to make eighteen the age of consent, as provided in the following relevant portion of Va. Code � 8.2-371. "Any person 18 years of age or older, including the parent of any child, who ... engages in consensual sexual intercourse with a child 15 or older not his spouse, child, or grandchild, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."

By the way, it looks incongruous to exclude spouses and non-spouse relative in the same sentence, but I assume that harsher penalties are provided for the latter.

Jon Katz

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Answered on 8/28/08, 7:45 pm


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