Can a 16 year old date a 12 year old

There are other charges not involving.Can a 12 year old date a 15 year old?At 12 years old he/she doesn't understand muc.I am 13 and i feel the appropriate age to start dating is 15 or 16.She is more mature than anybody i know, and he knows it too.

The age of consent in the united states is 16 years old.For a 12 year old, she.When the dating relationship becomes sexual, the law sees it as an adult having sex with a minor, considered statutory rape.A person who is 18 years old is considered an adult.16 is the age of consent, under 16 you can't legally consent even if in practice you do.