ok, my sister is 15 and she was dating this 18 year old guy, they never had sexual intercourse, but fulled around, they broke up and she is upset, and he isnt the best person, is their any legal action she can take for being having sexual relations other than intercourse and being verbally abused.I was never for this relationship, and my parents and I just found out about it till yesterday when they broke up, is their a website for any information, or if u hav any, thank you
2006-09-05 19:08:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
call attorney referral service in the front of phone book
2006-09-05 19:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You want to take legal action against a guy your sister dated, just because you don't like him? She shouldn't do anything as she consented. If you win any case based on this I will lose what little respect for our legal system I have left. Well, if this verbal abuse was bad, then I can see that a little bit, but she should have dumped him, simple as that. She didn't have to stay in the relationship, nobody had a gun to her head did they? It might be statutory rape though, I don't know if you actually have to have sex or not. She still should have just left the relationship though, and I really don't think you should be able to take legal action for her.
2006-09-05 19:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by albinopolarbear 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is admirable that you want to protect your sister, but you are doing her no favors here. Life has certain requirements and one of those is that to grow you must go through some elements of pain. I am not saying that there are not things in life that you can't pursue remedies, but this is surely not one of them. She has to learn to be accountable, and this lesson will teach her to hold herself to a higher standard the next time.
Legally speaking, I doubt if there is much anyone can do other than getting a TPO or restraining order against him, but that is questionable at best depending on your states laws.
Besides all of that, do you really think it is wise to put a constant reminder in front of your sister on what happened and why? In truth what your sister needs is a good cry, a whoa is me session, and then someone who is mature enough whom she trusts to outline for her why dating at such a young age is usually not wise and what happened is one of the reasons.
This is learning, don't take that away from her, it's not fair.
2006-09-06 05:36:55 · answer #3 · answered by jv1104 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is like crying over spilt milk. She is 15 and someone should have a bit of control over what she does. She is upset they broke up? Why? Does she want him back? If he is really abusive you can try a restraining order but really, no court is going to take this seriously unless it's your parents doing the filing. Unless you are her legal guardian there is nothing you can do.
2006-09-05 19:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by saucylatina 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt you have any legal recourse. If there was never physical abuse, with marks on her body etc. there is no way to prove it. It would end up being a he said/she said thing. I feel bad for your sister, I hope she learned something like about the RED flags guy send out that tell a girl to get the hell out as fast as possible.
2006-09-05 19:14:17 · answer #5 · answered by Cinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how the statutory rape laws of the state are written.
But using the legal system to get even with her ex-boyfriend because she's upset about the break-up is not what the legislature intended when they wrote the laws.
2006-09-05 19:12:42 · answer #6 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They broke up and she is upset so you want to mess his life up? I would just leave this well alone - your sister will go through many breakups - it's part of life!
2006-09-05 19:11:46 · answer #7 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
let it go, it is not worth the hassle
it will harm her emotionally just as much...going thru what happened and proving it yada, yada, yada...
if he ain't that great she will forget him...
don't go out of your way just for revenge!!!
she will get over it
the less contact with him now the better...
but just to get back at him cause they broke up
2006-09-05 19:17:52 · answer #8 · answered by Evel Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bottom line = if you can't prove sexual activity there is nothing you can do except prevent her from seeing him.
2006-09-09 18:26:42 · answer #9 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the school social worker about that.........if that social worker hears anything that raises a red flag for them, they'll direct you on your options.
2006-09-05 19:39:55 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋