Sex Crimes, Sex Offenders emancipated dating laws

[warb311]

i was wonder if emancipated and still under the age of 18 if you were leagaly aloud to date some one over the age of 18 with out them getting in trouble.

 

[mightymoose]

Date? Yes.
Have sex? No. It is still unlawful sexual intercourse, illegal for both you and your partner. The older he/she is, the more severe the penalty. Wait til after 18 if you want to keep everyone out of jail and off the sex offender list.

 

[jacksgal]

If your a legally emancipated teen (through courts) he have certain right syuo did not have while not emancipated. However "all" laws that have age restriction on them still apply. In short you cannot

. Have sex if below age of consent
. Vote
. Drink
. Smoke
etc etc etc

Emancipation only gives you a status that allows you to sign contracts any other legal issue you need to live on your own.

 

[army judge]

The information below is advisory.
You should seek the advice of an attorney, trusted adult of the same sex, minister, counselor, or social worker; before you engage in sex with an adult.
You might see it one way, the adult another.
Because you can do something, doesn't mean you should do that something!

Washington

The age of consent in Washington is 16.

It is also illegal to engage in sexual acts with someone younger than 18 under three different sets of circumstances, enumerated in RCW 9A.44.096. Foster parents with their foster children; school teachers and school administration employees over their students; The third set of circumstances require all of the following situations occur in tandem: The older person is 60 months or more older than the 16- or 17-year-old, the person is in a significant relationship as defined, and such older person abuses the relationship to have sexual contact.

There are also three exceptions for people close in age.

* RCW 9A.44.079 "A person is guilty of rape of a child in the third degree when the person has sexual intercourse with another who is at least fourteen years old but less than sixteen years old and not married to the perpetrator and the perpetrator is at least forty-eight months older than the victim. Rape of a child in the third degree is a class C felony."
* RCW 9A.44.076 "A person is guilty of rape of a child in the second degree when the person has sexual intercourse with another who is at least twelve years old but less than fourteen years old and not married to the perpetrator and the perpetrator is at least thirty-six months older than the victim. Rape of a child in the second degree is a class A felony."
* RCW 9A.44.073 "A person is guilty of rape of a child in the first degree when the person has sexual intercourse with another who is less than twelve years old and not married to the perpetrator and the perpetrator is at least twenty-four months older than the victim. Rape of a child in the first degree is a class A felony."

Several have reported that the immoral communication with a minor statute exists and places the age of consent at 18 due to the inability to "communicate" to 16- and 17-year-olds about sexual activity. These reports have been alarming in nature, however they are completely anecdotal, and perhaps even urban legend. The Washington Court of Appeals, Division 1 decided in the case of State v. Danforth, 56 Wn. App. 133, 782 P.2d 1091 (1989) that such communication has to be for the purposes of committing an illegal act under RCW Chapter 9.68A. Danforth's conviction was overturned by that ruling. However, the Washington Supreme Court in the case of State v. McNallie, 120 Wn.2d 925, 846 P.2d 1358 (1993) overturned the scope of the Danforth ruling (though not the result; Danforth would have still had his conviction overturned under the McNallie standard), applying the communication statute to encompass all sexual misconduct with a minor, not just those under RCW Chapter 9.68A, which deal mostly with illegal child pornography and prostitution. Due to these cases, it is clear that communications with 16- and 17-year-olds just for general sexual activity is legal, as long as such conduct discussed is not about illegal conduct or would be illegal in real life (such as the teacher/student circumstance, the foster parent/foster child circumstance, the significant relationship abuse circumstance, or asking for illegal pictures or attempting to bring such younger persons into prostitution).