What age is considered legal in North Carolina in regarding to dating and relationships?
Full Question:
I am 18 and my boyfriend is 23 is that legal?? I also wanted to ask I have a friend and she is 17 and she is dating my boyfriend's brother and he is 20. She wants to have sex, but he does not because he is afraid he will get in trouble. My friends mom does not care if they have sex as long as it is safe sex. Is it illegal for them to have sex? Is any of our ages illegal?
11/13/2007 |
Category: Minors |
State: North Carolina |
#12209
Answer:
The following are North Carolina statutes:
§ 14-27.2. First-degree rape.
(a) A person is guilty of rape in the first degree if the person
engages in vaginal intercourse:
(1) With a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years and the
defendant is at least 12 years old and is at least four years older than
the victim; or
(2) With another person by force and against the will of the other
person, and:
a. Employs or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which
the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon;
or
b. Inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person;
or
c. The person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more
other persons.
(b) Any person who commits an offense defined in this section is guilty
of a Class B1 felony.
(c) Upon conviction, a person convicted under this section has no
rights to custody of or rights of inheritance from any child born as a
result of the commission of the rape, nor shall the person have any
rights related to the child under Chapter 48 or Subchapter 1 of
Chapter 7B of the General Statutes.
§ 14-27.4. First-degree sexual offense.
(a) A person is guilty of a sexual offense in the first degree if the
person engages in a sexual act:
(1) With a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years and the
defendant is at least 12 years old and is at least four years older than
the victim; or
(2) With another person by force and against the will of the other
person, and:
a. Employs or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which
the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon;
or
b. Inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person;
or
c. The person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more
other persons.
(b) Any person who commits an offense defined in this section is guilty
of a Class B1 felony.
§ 14-27.7A. Statutory rape or sexual offense of person who is 13, 14, or
15 years old.
(a) A defendant is guilty of a Class B1 felony if the defendant engages
in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with another person who is 13,
14, or 15 years old and the defendant is at least six years older than
the person, except when the defendant is lawfully married to the person.
(b) A defendant is guilty of a Class C felony if the defendant engages
in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with another person who is 13,
14, or 15 years old and the defendant is more than four but less than six
years older than the person, except when the defendant is lawfully
married to the person.
§ 14-202.1. Taking indecent liberties with children.
(a) A person is guilty of taking indecent liberties with children if,
being 16 years of age or more and at least five years older than the
child in question, he either:
(1) Willfully takes or attempts to take any immoral, improper, or
indecent liberties with any child of either sex under the age of 16 years
for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire; or
(2) Willfully commits or attempts to commit any lewd or lascivious act
upon or with the body or any part or member of the body of any child of
either sex under the age of 16 years.
(b) Taking indecent liberties with children is punishable as a Class F
felony.
§ 14-202.2. Indecent liberties between children.
(a) A person who is under the age of 16 years is guilty of taking
indecent liberties with children if the person either:
(1) Willfully takes or attempts to take any immoral, improper, or
indecent liberties with any child of either sex who is at least three
years younger than the defendant for the purpose of arousing or
gratifying sexual desire; or
(2) Willfully commits or attempts to commit any lewd or lascivious act
upon or with the body or any part or member of the body of any child of
either sex who is at least three years younger than the defendant for the
purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire.
(b) A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1
misdemeanor.