What is the age of consent for the state of California,USA.?
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It is 18 in every state of the Union.  voting, signing contracts, entering school, quiting school without parental signatures.\nHowever, the age of receiving birth control pills without parental knowledge or consent is lower in many states.  A doctor does not haveto tell your parents that you are pregnant, that's up to you when you are younger than 18.\nGood luck... have fun without me.....Trevor.
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If one person under 18 has sex with someone more than 3 years different in age, the older person is guilty of statutory rape in most states.
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Michigan's legal age of consent is 16
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I don't know if the age of consent there is 17 or 18, but there would be issues with sex if she's under that, regardless of engagment (which is meaningless legally). So far as marriage, yes with parental consent it is legal & no real issue.
555347
No, age of consent is definite - no variables, so don't even think about it.
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They cannot be purchased in California at any age.\n\nCheck the laws regarding each state. Usually 18 years of age for any long gun.
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Age of consent in Kansas is 16.\n\nBut..PLEASE don't do anything withough thinking it through!! My two cents.\n\nFrom http://www.coolnurse.com/consent.htm
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ABOUT OVER 18 OR SO. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT!!!
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That depends on the laws in the state where this took place.  The age of consent varies by state, and there are certain exceptions which take age differences into account. Even if the guy was an adult, and the girl a minor, consensual sex -may- have been legal.\n\nYou'll need to be more specific - the ages of the guy and the girl the first time they had sex, and the state.\n\n**Ignorance of her age is not a defense, no matter what.**\n\np.s In his answer, ravi cites ages between 12 and 21 (but doesn't give a source).  I'd like to point out that NO state has an age of consent under 14 or over 18.\n\np.p.s. In some states, the age of consent laws have been amended so that an adult "in a role as an authority figure" (teachers or school employees, especially) can be charged with statutory rape, even if the age difference exclusion has been met.
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If the age of consent is 16, it doesn't matter if she told him she was 14.  It's still statutory rape.  \n\nLaws differ in different states regarding punishment.
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There is no minimum age to leave a child home alone in California.\n\nThere are, however, some significant laws on the books for child endangerment, and leaving a child home alone can be endangerment depending on the circumstances.
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Go to this website:\n\n\nhttp://www.ageofconsent.com\n\nAnd ignore all the answers you are about to get that say the age of consent in the US is 18.  These laws are handled by state law, not federal law.
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if you are 17,  you can have consensual relations with 13-16 year olds and older, as long as you are within 48 months, at least how I read the law. You will want to get a lawyer to tell you specific legal advice.
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I think whatever the legal age of consent is for the teen should be the age.
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There is no official legal age.  But you are considered a minor until you are 16, as far as stagatory rape laws are concerned.\nI believe that sex is an intimate act that should occur between two consenting ADULTS.  Children can't handle the reprecussions.
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don't really know about american laws but in the uk i think it's legal so long as the student is above the age of consent but it's frowned upon!
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Maybe not in the United States, but there are other countries where the age of consent is lower, like Mexico where is 12, if you are sincere with her: For sexual activity involving teens between 12 and 18 years, only copulation (definition follows) is punishible, and only when consent was obtained by deceit. (DECEIT - such as promise to marry, etc.).\n\nEdad de consentimiento para actividad sexual\nArtículo 262 del Código Penal : " Al que tenga cópula con persona mayor de doce años y menor de\ndieciocho, obteniendo su consentimiento por medio de engaño, se le aplicará de tres meses a cuatro\naños de prisión. "