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.