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May 22, 2023

Sec. 130.60 Sexual abuse in the second degree

NOTE FROM WOMENSLAW.ORG – FOR THE PURPOSES OF GETTING AN ORDER OF PROTECTION, ONLY THE REASON IN #1 BELOW IS CONSIDERED TO BE A “FAMILY OFFENSE” AND COULD QUALIFY YOU FOR AN ORDER OF PROTECTION.

A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree when he or she subjects another person to sexual contact and when such other person is:

1. Incapable of consent by reason of some factor other than being less than seventeen years old; or

2. Less than fourteen years old.

Sexual abuse in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.