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Can a 16 year old be charged for getting a 13 year old pregnant if it is consentual?

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Port Lavaca, Texas

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Dear Port Lavaca, Texas:
The age of consent in Texas is 17 (Texas Penal Code Section 21.11), so if both of them consented, it doesn't look like either one would be charged with a crime. However, that won't excuse liability for child support.

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Is 13 years old under the age of consent? If so what happens then?

Posted by Anne 541 days and 7 hours ago.

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Dear Port Lavaca, Texas:
Both the 13 and the 16 year old are under the age of consent, so neither should be criminally liable -- unless there is force by one or the other. Once the sixteen year old turns 17, there's a problem -- just not now.

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If the principal of the school is demanding to know who the father is should we tell him? Is it his business even if the school already contacted CPS and spoke with every member of the household and closed the case. The principal said they aren't doing there job and is threating to call the cops.

Posted by Anne 541 days and 4 hours ago.

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Dear Port Lavaca, Texas:
If Child Protective Services has investigated the matter and closed the case, I'm having trouble understanding why the principal is not accepting CPS's findings. That is what CPS is there for.
However, since the principal is threatening to call the police, I suggested that you contact a criminal attorney and let him or her know what the principal is threatening; and see if he or she has any recommendations for you.

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Can a 16 year old be charged for getting a 13 year old pregnant if it is consentual?

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Dear Port Lavaca, Texas:The age of consent in Texas is 17 (Texas Penal Code Section 21.11), so if both of them consented, it doesn't look like either one would be charged with a crime. However, that won't excuse liability for child support.

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Is 13 years old under the age of consent? If so what happens then?

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Dear Port Lavaca, Texas:Both the 13 and the 16 year old are under the age of consent, so neither should be criminally liable -- unless there is force by one or the other. Once the sixteen year old turns 17, there's a problem -- just not now.

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If the principal of the school is demanding to know who the father is should we tell him? Is it his business even if the school already contacted CPS and spoke with every member of the household and closed the case. The principal said they aren't doing there job and is threating to call the cops.

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Port Lavaca, Texas

Dear Port Lavaca, Texas:
The age of consent in Texas is 17 (Texas Penal Code Section 21.11), so if both of them consented, it doesn't look like either one would be charged with a crime. However, that won't excuse liability for child support.

Dear Port Lavaca, Texas:
Both the 13 and the 16 year old are under the age of consent, so neither should be criminally liable -- unless there is force by one or the other. Once the sixteen year old turns 17, there's a problem -- just not now.