If I am 15 and my boyfriend is 18 but we do not have sex till I am 16 is it against the law for me to have a relationship?

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   Frank Mascagni

   Louisville Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered February 12, 2013 09:24. At age 15, you are legally a minor under KY law, and your parents have legal custody of you. You should talk to a lawyer in your area about the possibility of filing an emancipation of a monor pleading in state court.

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   Kristin Russell

   Covington Criminal Defense Attorney

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   Answered February 13, 2013 10:31. Please see the below statute on Kentucky's age of consent:
   
   (1) Whether or not specifically stated, it is an element of every offense defined in this chapter that the sexual act was committed without consent of the victim.
   (2) Lack of consent results from:
   (a) Forcible compulsion;
   (b) Incapacity to consent; or
   (c) If the offense charged is sexual abuse, any circumstances in addition to forcible compulsion or incapacity to consent in which the victim does not expressly or impliedly acquiesce in the actor’s conduct.
   (3) A person is deemed incapable of consent when he or she is:
   (a) LESS THAN SIXTEEN (16) YEARS OLD;
   (b) Mentally retarded or suffers from a mental illness;
   (c) Mentally incapacitated;
   (d) Physically helpless; or
   (e) Under the care or custody of a state or local agency pursuant to court order and the actor is employed by or working on behalf of the state or local agency.
   (4) The provisions of subsection (3)(e) of this section shall not apply to persons who are lawfully married to each other and no court order is in effect prohibiting contact between the parties.
   
   Ky. Rev. Stat. § 510.020 (West 2012).

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   Kevin MadisonPro

   Austin Sexual Harassment Attorney

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   Answered February 14, 2013 08:04. In most states if you are a child (not of age to be considered a legal adult) and your boyfriend is an "adult" it certainly could be considered "statutory rape" because a "child" cannot consent to having sex. Check with a criminal defense attorney in your locale.

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