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daughter pregnant at 15 years old

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suegauron@yahoo

Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? What is the statute of limitations for pressing charges against an adult for staguatory rape against a minor in the state of NH? My daughter pregnant at 15 years old by a man 18 years old.
 


cbg

I'm a Northern Girl
What are the exact dates of birth of your daughter and the 18 year old? It makes a difference to the answer.
 

Some Random Guy

Senior Member
First, you do not press charges. You report the incident to the police and then the district attorney will press charges if there is evidence to support the crime.

Because the age difference is less than 4 years and the victim is over 13, the crime would be Sexual Assount, a misdemeanor

632-A:4 Sexual Assault. –
I. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor under any of the following circumstances:
(a) When the actor subjects another person who is 13 years of age or older to sexual contact under any of the circumstances named in RSA 632-A:2.
(b) When the actor subjects another person, other than the actor's legal spouse, who is 13 years of age or older and under 16 years of age to sexual contact where the age difference between the actor and the other person is 5 years or more.
(c) In the absence of any of the circumstances set forth in RSA 632-A:2, when the actor engages in sexual penetration with a person, other than the actor's legal spouse, who is 13 years of age or older and under 16 years of age where the age difference between the actor and the other person is 4 years or less.
RSA 632-A:2 refers to agravated sexual assault and you have not specified any details that would match that charge.

As for the time limit for prosecution:

508:4-g Actions Based on Sexual Assault and Related Offenses.

A person, alleging to have been subjected to any offense under RSA 632-A or an offense under RSA 639:2, who was under 18 years of age when the alleged offense occurred, may commence a personal action based on the incident within the later of:

I. Seven years of the person's eighteenth birthday; or

II. Three years of the time the plaintiff discovers, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury and its causal relationship to the act or omission complained of.
Since the pregnancy would be a reasonable indicator of sexual activity, the limit is when the victim turns 25.
 
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cbg

I'm a Northern Girl
My source material had indicated that NH had a three year close in age exception - thus my question. However, I have to concede that I don't find that exception mentioned in the statute SRG provided; nor did I find it in my further research based on the statute number he provided.
 

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