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If a 15-year-old girl gets pregnant by a 15-year-old boy can the boy get in legal trouble in California?In: State Laws |
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yes if its not consensual. If they both consent then no. Otherwise they are both just as much at fault resulting in the girl getting in as much trouble as the boy.
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Yes, they could get in trouble. They are both persons.
California Penal Code 261.5.
(a) Unlawful sexual intercourse is an act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a person who is not the spouse of the perpetrator, if the person is a minor. For the purposes of this section, a "minor" is a person under the age of 18 years and an "adult" is a person who is at least 18 years of age.
(b) Any person who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is not more than three years older or three years younger than the perpetrator, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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