Can You Get Charged With a Crime if You Won't Stop Seeing Your Minor Girlfriend

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Tennessee

I'm a 16 year old male and my girlfriend is as well. People make mistakes and I've just made one. We've been together for a little over a year and both of us are honor roll students, not to mention that everybody we meet we try to help. However recently her dad and I haven't exactly got along, in fact we hate each other. I had sex with her and when her dad found out by snooping through her phone, he didn't respond to well. With teenagers being who they are and especially when they're in a committed relationship, they're going to have "dirty" conversations. He told me through text that I Should never contact her again and that I "stole the innocence and purity of my 16 year old daughter" and under any normal circumstances i would have honored his wish and just wait a couple years for her to turn 18. As luck would have it that's not the case. She has depression and suicidal thoughts that only a handful of people know about (myself,her two best friends and one of their parents).

When I first got into the relationship and asked her why she hasn't told her dad or step mom she simply said "they're the cause of most of it" and I was hesitant to believe her at first but as time progressed I saw it with my own eyes. Her dad got into a relationship not to long after we did and after 2 months he got engaged to her and moved to Mairam Arkansas with her and she lost contact with most of the people she knows. I tried my best at helping her feel better about anything i could. So i made a dumb move and tried to talk to her anyway to make her feel better and try to take her mind off of it. her dad took the phone and said again to never contact her. A couple days pass and one of her best friends calls me crying saying how worried she is about my girlfriend and telling me she can't get a hold of her on the phone and tells me that her suicidal thoughts have gotten worse and her dad would kill himself if his wife broke up with him. Great...... . So i sent a text knowing he had the phone that said "her friend is worried about her. Is she ok?". he replied with the same thing this time and i haven't contacted her since but today i got a message from her saying "My dad is sitting here with me and told me to text you this.

He's downloaded all of our conversations and told us both on two times to not talk to each other and since we don't have enough respect to do what he asks, he doesn't respect us enough to do what we ask. He's decided to check into a restaining order and give what he's downloaded to the police and see what he can do from there. It's not you the charges be filed against but your parents because they had a conversation about letting us do what we want. we can't talk, never again i gtg". Now I'm just seeing what can and cant be done. whether or not I can see her again

Well, to be blunt, her father could try to get a restraining order against you. Mind you, that's a legal process and has all sorts of steps that are involved. It's not as simple as going to the courthouse and getting the order. With him being in a completely different state, this would be difficult. Bear in mind the effects a restraining order against you may have in your later life.

You've been told by her father to stop contacting her, so stop contacting her. As long as she is under 18, he has complete control over her life. He can snoop in any of her text messages, he can disallow her privileges to use the phone, he can control who she dates. There is nothing you can do about this.

At this point, there is little you can do. A good idea would be to start with your parents. Tell them what's going on and perhaps follow their advice? They're in a much better place to assist you than strangers on an internet forum.

Until she is 18, and not one minute before, her parents OWN her and she does not see anyone her parents do not give her permission to see. They may or may not be able to get a restraining order - I'm not up on the requirements in your state. Likewise for having you arrested for trespassing if you come on the property. But they can take away her cell phone and all other electronics, allow her computer access only for school and under supervision, remove the door from her bedroom, alarm the windows, escort her to and from school every day, refuse to allow her out of the house unless she is at school or, if appropriate, the family house of worship, and even take everything out of her room except a mattress on the floor and two changes of weather appropriate clothing. And every single bit of that will be 100% legal.

You willing to put her through that?