MI: Michigan Governor signs new law raising legal age to marry and bans minors from marrying with parental consent

Source: fox17online.com 7/13/23 LANSING, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Tuesday that prevents child marriage. The bills raise the minimum age to marry in Michigan to 18. The bills also prevent parents and guardians from consenting to a minor’s marriage. It also prohibits minors from being considered emancipated upon marriage, as well as allows a parent or guardian to apply for an annulment of a marriage if one of the married parties was under the age of legal consent. “I am proud that today child marriage has been…

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WI: Wisconsin Act 174: Underage Sexual Activity better than Sexual Assault of Child but still a crime

[narsol.org] By The Registry Trap . . . Yesterday, Governor Scott Walker signed 2017 Assembly Bill 414 (now 2017 Wisconsin Act 174), creating the brand new crime of Underage Sexual Activity. In a saner world, a statute specifically criminalizing consensual sex between teenagers wouldn’t be good news, but that’s not the world we live in. As you already know if you’ve read Robert’s story, his conviction for that very same act carries a much uglier name: 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child. It’s also a registry offense. In addition,…

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FL: New school program helps first-time sex offenders

[Ocala.com] Students engaged in consensual sexual activity Each school year, about three dozen Marion County students on average get kicked out of school after being caught groping or engaged in a consensual sex act on a school bus or on campus. To reduce the amount of lost instruction time, the School District will launch a new diversion program in January for first-time offenders in hopes of keeping these students in the classroom. Students caught in the act can forgo attending an alternative school if they attend six nights of after-school…

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France: Teacher who had ‘affair’ with 14-yr-old pupil avoids jail

[abs-cbn.com] Fontainebleau, France – A French teacher was handed a suspended jail sentence Monday for having sex with a 14-year-old pupil, the latest of several cases fueling debate over the age of consent. French teacher to be tried for sex with pupil aged 14 The 31-year-old maths teacher had an affair for several months with the girl this year after they struck up a conversation on Instagram. The pupil, who was in the man’s class last year, insisted the pair were in love but her parents said he was a…

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