In terms of Statutory Rape (not a legal term in Virginia) there are two statutes that apply.<\/p>\n
The first statute (\u00a7 18.2-63) deals with carnal knowledge of a child age 13 or 14.<\/p>\n
The second statute deals with someone 18 years of age or older having sex with someone age 15, 16, or 17 years of age, which is a class one misdemeanor and punishable with up to one year in jail and a $2,500.00 fine.<\/p>\n
\u00a7 18.2-63. Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age.<\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/span> If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age, such person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.<\/p>\n B.<\/span> If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age who consents to sexual intercourse and the accused is a minor and such consenting child is three years or more the accused’s junior, the accused shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. If such consenting child is less than three years the accused’s junior, the accused shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.<\/p>\n In calculating whether such child is three years or more a junior of the accused minor, the actual dates of birth of the child and the accused, respectively, shall be used.<\/p>\n C.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, (i) a child under the age of thirteen years shall not be considered a consenting child and (ii) “carnal knowledge” includes the acts of sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, and animate and inanimate object sexual penetration.<\/p>\n \u00a7 18.2-371. Causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc.; penalty; abandoned infant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Any person 18 years of age or older, including the parent of any child, who (i) willfully contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, or condition that renders a child delinquent, in need of services, in need of supervision, or abused or neglected as defined in \u00a7 16.1-228 or (ii) engages in consensual sexual intercourse or anal intercourse with or performs cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus upon or by a child 15 or older not his spouse, child, or grandchild is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This section shall not be construed as repealing, modifying, or in any way affecting \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-18, 18.2-19, 18.2-61, 18.2-63, and 18.2-347.<\/p>\n If the prosecution under this section is based solely on the accused parent having left the child at a hospital or rescue squad, it shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution of a parent under this section that such parent safely delivered the child to a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency services or to an attended rescue squad that employs emergency medical technicians, within the first 14 days of the child’s life. In order for the affirmative defense to apply, the child shall be delivered in a manner reasonably calculated to ensure the child’s safety.<\/p>\n (Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-14; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1981, cc. 397, 568; 1990, c. 797; 1991, c. 295; 1993, c. 411; 2003, cc. 816, 822; 2006, c. 935; 2008, cc. 174, 206; 2014, c. 794.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In terms of Statutory Rape (not a legal term in Virginia) there are two statutes that apply. The first statute (\u00a7 18.2-63) deals with carnal knowledge of a child age 13 or 14. The second statute deals with someone 18 years of age or older having sex with someone age 15, 16, or 17 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n