What Do I Need to Know About Age of Consent?
And, to all you Dads out there — be sure you pay close attention and heed these wise words. About Michael Michael Mitchell is an almost thirty-something dad who blogs daily tips and life lessons for dads of daughters at lifetoheryears. He spends his days practicing the arts of fatherhood and husbandry, while attempting to be a man of God and a professional raiser of philanthropic funds. Treat her mother with respect, honor, and a big heaping spoonful of public displays of affection.
Be genuinely interested in the things that interest her. She needs her dad to be involved in her life at every stage.
This report is a compilation of state laws and reporting requirements. It provides an overview of state statutory rape laws and reporting requirements, as well as a summary of laws for each would be illegal, as would relations between a year-old and a 25 -year-old.
Delaware The age of consent in Delaware is 18, but it is legal for teenagers aged 16 and 17 to engage in sexual intercourse as long as the older partner is younger than Definitions generally applicable to sexual offences. Children who have not yet reached their twelfth birthday are deemed unable to consent to a sexual act under any circumstances. Rape in the fourth degree; class C felony.
Florida The age of consent in Florida is 18, but close-in-age exemptions exist. By law, the exception permits a person 23 years of age or younger to engage in legal sexual activity with a minor aged 16 or The crime of “statutory rape” makes it illegal for a perpetrator of any age to have sexual intercourse with someone under the age of 16 that they are not married to.
This offense carries a minimum sentence of 1 year in prison, and a maximum of 20 years.