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    Default Texas Emancipation and Statutory Rape

    OK i just turned 17 in may and i have been dating my boyfriend for 6 months who is 22. we love each other very much and we plan on getting married when i turn 18. My mother likes him alot b ut i do n ot live with her. I live with my gardians. they do not like him. i would like to get emancipated. how do i go about doing that. also i think i might be pregant. i am not sure yet. also my mother knows that we have been having sex, but my gardians do not. im afriad if my mom finds out that i am pregnant then she will b e very angry. my bf and i are happy about the pregnancy, but we are worried what my gardians or my mother might do. will being emancipated help any?

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    Default Statutory rape

    Also. If my gardians press charges against my bf for Statutory rape. am i able to drop the charges since it happened to me. if i tell the judge that he did n ot rape me that is was of free will will he still get introuble?

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    Default Texas Emancipation

    The Texas law which provides for emancipation (“Removal of Disability of Minority”) requires that you file a petition with a court and establish that you can care for yourself without adult involvement.

    The age of consent in Texas is 17. It is a defense to having sexual intercourse with a person under seventeen if the age of the accused is within three years of the age of the victim. As statutory rape offenses presume the child to be incapable of giving consent, a claim that the child consented is not a defense.

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    Default so?

    So what do i do. bc i do not want my bf to get into trouble. i love him very much. if i get emancipated will that help h im?

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    Default Re: Texas Emancipation and Statutory Rape

    May I suggest the following:

    1. Quit having sex with your boyfriend.
    a. You are too young
    b. You don't want to assume the responsibility you are toying with
    c. If he loves you, he won't mind.

    2. Do NOT Emancipate.
    Do not become an adult before it is time. Being an adult requires much of your time and resources. You have expectations and responsibilities that are not easy to maintain. Learn from your parents and stay a kid until you are truly ready to take on becoming an adult. It is easy to decide to be an adult, but it is impossible to ever go back being a kid. If you emancipate now, it will affect your life and your relationship with your parents for the REST OF YOUR LIFE!!!!!

    3. Receive an adequate education.
    Sex requires an appreciation that can only come from years of wisdom and education. Judging by your posts, your education is inadequate at this time. Please bear with me: I am not saying you are dumb; rather, I am saying that you probably want to learn more and mature before making these types of decisions. Education and sex will both have an effect on the rest of your life; only education can have a positive one.

    Heck, maybe you are smart enough to go to law school and determine these things for yourself. You'll never know if you are content with the lifestyle you are creating for yourself right now.

    (BTW, wait and tell me I am wrong when you turn 30.)

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    So what do i do. bc i do not want my bf to get into trouble. i love him very much. if i get emancipated will that help h im?
    Emancipation will probably not make a difference because you were not emancipated when he impregnated you, if you are indeed pregnant.

    Also, he is over three years older than you.

    Technically, they probably could bring a cause of action against him.

    Any attorney is going to tell you that if you really need legal advise, consult an attorney personally. We are very limited to what we can help you with in this forum.

    I am not a criminal attorney, so, if your boyfriend is really concerned, he needs to see an experienced criminal attorney.

    I know it sounds simple, but if you want to stay out of trouble, make good decisions.

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    Quote Quoting Yogi Barrister
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    Emancipation will probably not make a difference because you were not emancipated when he impregnated you, if you are indeed pregnant.

    Also, he is over three years older than you.

    Technically, they probably could bring a cause of action against him.

    Any attorney is going to tell you that if you really need legal advise, consult an attorney personally. We are very limited to what we can help you with in this forum.

    I am not a criminal attorney, so, if your boyfriend is really concerned, he needs to see an experienced criminal attorney.

    I know it sounds simple, but if you want to stay out of trouble, make good decisions.
    Yogi, please notice that posts have dates on them.

    This one is well over a year old.

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