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  • 11-06-2018, 01:11 PM
    1013274
    What Happens if an Adult Dates a Minor
    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Texas

    I am 18 and a senior and she is 16 and a junior our parents are both friends and are okay with us dating. However I am skeptical about it I know the age of consent is 17 in the state of Texas however I don't want to have sex with her just date her. I want to know what am I allowed to do before she turns 17. Can I hold her hand? Can I kiss her? what are my limitations.
  • 11-06-2018, 01:48 PM
    LegalWriter
    Re: Im 18 She 16 but No Sex
    You can kiss and hold her hand. You just can't have sex...
  • 11-06-2018, 01:58 PM
    PayrolGuy
    Re: Im 18 She 16 but No Sex
    Quote:

    Quoting LegalWriter
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    You can kiss and hold her hand. You just can't have sex...

    Don't do anything with her you wouldn't want your father to do to your mother IN FRONT OF YOU.
  • 11-06-2018, 02:01 PM
    pg1067
    Re: Im 18 She 16 but No Sex
    Neither Texas nor any other state has a law so intrusive as to govern the ages at which two persons may date each other or hold each other's hands. The extent to which "kissing" is legal depends on what body parts are involved, but there is no law that regulates lip-to-lip kissing.

    Your statement that the "age of consent is 17 in the state of Texas" is incorrect.

    Section 21.11(a) of the Texas Penal Code provides that it is a crime to engage in "sexual contact" with a person under the age of 17, unless the older person is "not more than three years older than the [younger person] and of the opposite sex."
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