July 30, 2015
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According to the following site, generally, the age of consent in Florida is 18. However, there are exceptions often referred to as Romeo and Juliet laws or exceptions that allow minors who are at least 16 to consent when the other person is also a minor or close in age. Click here for more info about this and then click on Florida. Again, it’s going to depend on the guy’s age and whether or not the parents are serious about wanting to press charges. Good luck.

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Judge Tom is the founder and moderator of AsktheJudge.info. He is a retired juvenile judge and spent 23 years on the bench. He has written several books for lawyers and judges as well as teens and parents including 'Teen Cyberbullying Investigated' (Free Spirit Publishing) and 'Every Vote Matters: the Power of Your Voice, from Student Elections to the Supreme Court' (Free Spirit Publishing). In 2020, the American Bar Association published "Cyberbullying Law," the nation's first case-law book written for lawyers, judges and law students. When he's not answering teens' questions, Judge Tom volunteers with the American Red Cross and can be found hiking, traveling and reading.

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