I live in Ohio, and I am 18 years old. Is it perfectly legal for me to have sex with my girlfriend who just turned16?
2007-09-30 13:20:25 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Looks like it's legal!
2007-09-30 13:35:16 · update #1
Ohio - Age of Consent Laws
The following information was taken directly from the Ohio legislation website at http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2907
§2907.03 Sexual battery.
(A) No person shall engage in sexual conduct with another, not the spouse of the offender, when any of the following apply:
(1) The offender knowingly coerces the other person to submit by any means that would prevent resistance by a person of ordinary resolution.
(2) The offender knows that the other person’s ability to appraise the nature of or control the other person’s own conduct is substantially impaired.
(3) The offender knows that the other person submits because the other person is unaware that the act is being committed.
(4) The offender knows that the other person submits because the other person mistakenly identifies the offender as the other person’s spouse.
(5) The offender is the other person’s natural or adoptive parent, or a stepparent, or guardian, custodian, or person in loco parentis of the other person.
(6) The other person is in custody of law or a patient in a hospital or other institution, and the offender has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the other person.
(7) The offender is a teacher, administrator, coach, or other person in authority employed by or serving in a school for which the state board of education prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, the other person is enrolled in or attends that school, and the offender is not enrolled in and does not attend that school.
(8) The other person is a minor, the offender is a teacher, administrator, coach, or other person in authority employed by or serving in an institution of higher education, and the other person is enrolled in or attends that institution.
(9) The other person is a minor, and the offender is the other person’s athletic or other type of coach, is the other person’s instructor, is the leader of a scouting troop of which the other person is a member, or is a person with temporary or occasional disciplinary control over the other person.
(10) The offender is a mental health professional, the other person is a mental health client or patient of the offender, and the offender induces the other person to submit by falsely representing to the other person that the sexual conduct is necessary for mental health treatment purposes.
(11) The other person is confined in a detention facility, and the offender is an employee of that detention facility.
(12) The other person is a minor, the offender is a cleric, and the other person is a member of, or attends, the church or congregation served by the cleric.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of sexual battery. Except as otherwise provided in this division, sexual battery is a felony of the third degree. If the other person is less than thirteen years of age, sexual battery is a felony of the second degree, and the court shall impose upon the offender a mandatory prison term equal to one of the prison terms prescribed in section 2929.14 of the Revised Code for a felony of the second degree.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) “Cleric” has the same meaning as in section 2317.02 of the Revised Code.
(2) “Detention facility” has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) “Institution of higher education” means a state institution of higher education defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, a private nonprofit college or university located in this state that possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio board of regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or a school certified under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 03-31-2003; 08-03-2006
§ 2907.04. Unlawful sexual conduct with minor.
(A)No person who is eighteen years of age or older shall engage in sexual conduct with another, who is not the spouse of the offender, when the offender knows the other person is thirteen years of age or older but less than sixteen years of age, or the offender is reckless in that regard.
(B)Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(2), (3), and (4) of this section, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor is a felony of the fourth degree.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(4) of this section, if the offender is less than four years older than the other person, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(4) of this section, if the offender is ten or more years older than the other person, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor is a felony of the third degree.
(4) If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or a violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor is a felony of the second degree.
But here is the news in your favor. There is no way to prove it if you do as long as the both of you don't admit to anything. I'm NOT telling you to do it or not. I'm just telling you the obvious.
2007-09-30 13:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is legal unless you are her coach or in some other way in a position of authority for her. In Ohio, the age of consent is 16.
2007-09-30 23:15:11 · answer #2 · answered by Snow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think anywhere in the U.S. it's illegal for a legal adult to have sex with a minor. If her parents wanted to they could make big trouble for you. I have heard of guys having to register as sex offenders over stuff like this.
2007-09-30 13:24:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
16 is the legal age of consent in ohio, but if her parents say "back off" do so or that is a charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor"
2007-09-30 13:23:55 · answer #4 · answered by Iamabuckeyefan 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, it is illegal. Even if she is your girlfriend and may have been prior to you turning 18. If something happened and you two got into a major disagreement, her parents as well as her could come back and get you for statutory rape.
2007-09-30 13:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is legal. In fact in central Ohio you would be considered backward!
2007-09-30 13:24:16 · answer #6 · answered by bucksbowlbound 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legally, you're allowed to have intercourse with everyone below the age of sixteen, even yet it is not a extremely clever concept on your area to realize this. At sixteen, as long as there are not the different rules against it, you're allowed to have intercourse with everyone as long as your better half is over the age of sixteen.
2016-10-20 10:14:38 · answer #7 · answered by llanos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
16 is legal in ohio. the only consequence you are facing is an butt kicking from her dad, or getting her pregnant and ruining both your lives.
2007-09-30 13:27:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are both too young to be having sex in the first place: especially her. It most likely is illegal and if it is not, then it should be.
2007-09-30 13:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by blonde at <3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your allowed to imagine having sex with her, if shes still a virgin this would probably be better than the real thing anyway
2007-09-30 13:24:01 · answer #10 · answered by a_random23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋