Tampa, FL asked in Juvenile Law for Florida

Q: What happens when a twelve year old boy have sex with his thirteen year old sister

The twelve year old initiated the sexual advances on his older sister and she concented to the sexual contact between them and they had sex what would the law recommend

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A: What would the law recommend? What happens? The law would not recommend anything. The law might get both children prosecuted. They would both need to get counselling and both might face serious criminal charges.

A: A 13 year old cannot give legal consent. Both children face a plethora of terrible consequences.

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