Dating a 15 year old GIRL when you're 18 isn't a GOOD THING. (it's different for older girls dating younger guys (mostly because it rarely happens))

Yeah, sex for 14 year olds is legal if they're with someone below 18. If the person is above 18 years old they need the parents consent. So if, as in this situation, a 16 year old has sex with a 19 year old it is technically rape without the parents consent.

Like it must be some of fetish to marry someone is old enough to be your father/daughter, and then some girls that do this say that older man are more mature etc but this is complete BS, just because you're old it doesn't mean you're mature. Some of the most stupid and imature persons I've ever seen in my life are older than 40.

I had always heard that it is still considered statutory rape even with parental consent (at least, I had never heard anything about parental consent being worked into the offense, and that it was statutory rape as long as with somebody of the age below, period).  I'm looking at the wikipedia article on it at least, and it says nothing about parental consent.

I had always heard that it is still considered statutory rape even with parental consent (at least, I had never heard anything about parental consent being worked into the offense, and that it was statutory rape as long as with somebody of the age below, period).  I'm looking at the wikipedia article on it at least, and it says nothing about parental consent.

Since a lot of you seem to be getting hardons over their misfortune, it turns out that the guy may get ten years for statutory rape.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=503650&in_page_id=1773

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The boyfriend of Jamie Lynn Spears could face statutory rape charges after getting Britney Spears' sister pregnant at 16, it has been revealed.

And Casey Aldridge, 19, could face up to 10 years if convicted, possibly with hard labour.

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Fox News reports that if the baby was conceived in Spears' home state of Louisiana, the act could technically be considered "felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile."

Louisiana law defines this unlawful carnal knowledge as "sexual intercourse with consent between someone age 19 or older and someone between age 12 and 17."

Shock: the 16-year-old announced her pregnancy on a magazine cover
In Louisiana a person can only legally consent to sex at age 17. If aged 15 or 16, the other person involved must be no more than two years older for the act to be considered legal.

But Aldridge wouldn't fare much better if the "carnal" act happened in California, where Spears lives while on the set of her Nickelodeon TV show Zoey 101.

The Californian Penal Code states that any person who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor under 18 who is not more than three years younger than the perpetrator, is guilty of a misdemeanour and faces up to one year in a county jail.

But Californian criminal defence attorney Jim Hammer says: "If Aldridge is actually more than three years older he could be up for a felony, which carries a maximum three years in prison.”

Meanwhile, Jamie Lynn says she believes she'll be a good mother: "I love babies, and I have my nephews that I love.

"I have a great mom and she has raised three kids, so if I take lessons from her, I think I'll be great."

I was wondering about this too. There's a law (at least here) that you cannot have sex with another unless you are both under or over 18 at the same time. The oldest will be registered as a sex offender and may be subject to a few years in prison. I don't really agree with this law, but I am wondering what will happen to the guy.

Still 19 with a 16 year old. Wtf?

Please see Overcoat's post for more intelligence.

Here in Wisconsin even if you are both under 18 you can both get charged with statutory rape.

And, of course, there are unheralded success stories behind ill-timed pregnancies such as this one. My mother had me when she was 16, and here I am today... a college student. Well, mostly. I do attend college, but hell if I can afford it. They'll probably kick me out soon, actually. She'd probably help me pay for it if she had a job. Or wasn't trapped in a emotionally stifling relationship with an uneducated boor. I can definitely read though, and I'm pretty good around the toilet.

I like to consider myself as a true, all-American success story

...On an unrelated note, I slept with a girl that looked just like Jamie-Lynn, so when I saw her picture with "I'm Pregnant!" superimposed on it, I had a momentary OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT moment.