No, it's not legal for Cynric to have sex with JC and Anita and Co. Yes, they should be looking at statutory rape charges.
Cyric could consent to have sex with a thirty-eight year old divorcee that he randomly met in the grocery. He can't, however, consent to have sex with JC or Anita because they're his "guardians". (It's the same with teachers, coaches, foster parents, whatever.) Simply put, they're in positions of authority over him. And that's without even touching the other stuff in the standard inter-state custody agreement or the particulars of either state's laws.
And no, there's no excuse for LKH to have made this mistake since all of the pertinent laws and clauses are online, neatly marked and easily found on the states' websites, and really close textually to the age of consent thing. It took me about ten minutes to research.
(And all of that is without considering the in-universe stuff about magical coercion and rolling people and whatever else.)
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Cyric could consent to have sex with a thirty-eight year old divorcee that he randomly met in the grocery. He can't, however, consent to have sex with JC or Anita because they're his "guardians". (It's the same with teachers, coaches, foster parents, whatever.) Simply put, they're in positions of authority over him. And that's without even touching the other stuff in the standard inter-state custody agreement or the particulars of either state's laws.
And no, there's no excuse for LKH to have made this mistake since all of the pertinent laws and clauses are online, neatly marked and easily found on the states' websites, and really close textually to the age of consent thing. It took me about ten minutes to research.
(And all of that is without considering the in-universe stuff about magical coercion and rolling people and whatever else.)