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    Default Can You Go to Jail for Getting a Teenager Pregnant

    If I (eighteen years old) got my sixteen year old girlfriend (who is turning seventeen this May) pregnant in the state of FLORIDA, could I get charged with anything? Could I go to jail or be registered as a sex offender? We have been dating for nearly eight months and plan to stay together for a long while and hopefully get married; this isn't a "hump and dump" sort of deal. She has had a job for a little over a year and I am constantly looking for one. We are both intelligent people who can make sound decisions and know when to go ask for help. Her parents like me very well but are very strict when it comes to sexual and religious activity. Thank you for your answers.

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    Default Re: Can You Go to Jail for Getting a Teenager Pregnant

    Absent something you didn't tell us, you shouldn't be looking at a criminal charge.

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    Default Re: Can You Go to Jail for Getting a Teenager Pregnant

    Better get that job BEFORE getting her pregnant - because the minute she files for state aid to take care of the baby (which at 16 she can't afford on her own), they'll be coming after you for child support - even if you're living together. The court won't care that you don't yet have a job - they'll calculate child support against you at minimum wage, and expect it to be paid. If it's not, they do nasty things like suspending your drivers license, which makes job hunting even harder. Take care of things in the right order, and things will turn out MUCH MUCH smoother for both of you!

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