Child Sex Offenses

PLANO CHILD SEX OFFENSE LAWYERS SERVING DALLAS & BEYOND

A sex crime involving a child is considered one of the most serious crimes in Texas. The public often assumes the accused is guilty and community pressure pushes law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges to take swift and harsh action. A child sex crime accusation is often life-shattering, destroying your reputation, ruining your future, and threatening your freedom. If you are being investigated or have been accused of a child sex crime, you need a highly skilled and experienced child sex crime attorney at your side.

Contact Barbieri Law Firm online or at 972-424-1902.

SEX CRIMES INVOLVING CHILDREN

The legal age of consent in the state of Texas is 17 years of age. Texas law defines a child victim in sex crimes as a person under 17 years of age, or a person who the accused believes to be under 17 years of age. Sometimes the term “minor” is used instead of “child.”

• Improper student-teacher relationship. Sexual contact with a student by an employee of a private or public school where the student is enrolled, or employee of the school district they are in. The employee may also be charged with the sexual assault of a child.
• Sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault of a child. A child’s age determines the difference between sexual assault of a child and aggravated sexual assault of a child. Sexual assault of a child involves the sexual penetration of a person 14-16 years of age. This is often referred to as “statutory rape.” Aggravated sexual assault of a child is the sexual penetration of a child under 14 years of age.
• Continuous sexual abuse of a child. Two or more acts of sexual abuse committed over a period of 30 days or more, by a person 17 years of age or older and against a child younger than 14 years of age.
• Indecency with a child. The exposure of private parts of the body to a child, or causing a child to expose themself, for the purpose of sexual gratification.