The critical law to understanding the gravity of the danger is to understand that a person under 18, under California law, cannot legally consent to sexual conduct (Penal Code § 261.5(a) (defining minor)). “Dating” can certainly imply sexual contact, which is illegal between a fifteen-year-old and an eighteen-year-old.

Is it illegal to date a 14-year-old when your 18?

Sex with a carer or supervisor If you are aged 14-18 years old, there may be a legal defence that applies. According to this defence, if you are aged 14-18 years old, and the person in a position of care or authority over you is less than two years older than you, you can legally agree to have sex with them.

Can you date a 14-year-old in California?

Dating is legal. Any sexual contact, including kissing, touching, sexting, making out, oral sex, and sexual intercourse is VERY ILLEGAL. If you have any sexual contact he can and will likely go to jail.

Can a 19 year old date a 14-year-old in California?

18 years of age. Under California law, a person must be at least 18 years of age in order legally to have sex with another person to whom he or she is not married.

What is the youngest an 18 year old can date in California?

In a Nutshell: Sex between an 18 year-old and a 15 year-old is illegal in California, meaning any touching of “private parts” of either, even with consent of both parties (and perhaps even the parents of each teenager) is illegal in California because the age of consent is 18.

Is it legal to date a 16 year old if your 18?

Although the legal age of consent throughout Australia is either 16 or 17 years of age, legislation in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia makes it an offence for a person in a supervisory role to have sexual interactions with a