What is the age of consent in New Jersey?

Answer 1

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Here are some of the ages to do various things in the state of New Jersey:

* To buy cigarettes you must be 17. * To gamble you must be 18. * To get your driver's license you must be 17. * To buy or consume alcohol you must be 21. * To vote you must be 18.

Answer 2

It's graduated. If you're between the ages of thirteen and fifteen, you can have sex with anyone three years older than you. A thirteen year old would be able to have sex with anyone between 13 and 16; a fourteen year old could with anyone 13 to 17, and a fifteen year old with anyone 13 to 18. 16 is the age of full consent, for anyone at least 13; at 17, that goes up to anyone at least 14, 18 is at least 15, and 19 and up is 16 and up.

Answer 3

As a general rule, when a child reaches the age of majority, the child is then "emancipated," freeing the child's parents of any further support obligations. In new Jersey the age of emancipation is 18 years of age. At 18, the individual is considered an adult. However, this does not release a parent from child support (in the case of divorce), should the child continue a college or university education as a full-time student.

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Answer 4

AnswerIn New Jersey it is 16 years of age. People under that age can have sex with people who have LESS than a 4-year age difference.

Answer 5

When they are 18or 19 is around the time that they can

Answer 6

Sorry, New Jersey does not have an emancipation statute. You have to wait for 18.

Answer 7

You have to be 18.