If someone was to get pregnant at the age of seventeen(soon to be eighteen, but her boyfriend is sixteen(soon to be seventeen), can the parents press charges?

Yes. Parents could file a complaint with police. There really is no way to determine what a family court judge would recommend in this situation. There are several things that could happen. Any information we offer at this point is based on pure speculation and guess work rather than fact. Juvenile proceedings are closed records.

A court may not find that it’s in the best interest of the unborn child or the teen parents to incarcerate anyone. A judge would look at the entire case and may order medical and mental evaluations of all parties involved. There may be recommended therapy, parent counseling, and if there is a paternity test and it is established that the 16 year old the father, there may be court ordered child support for the child via the 16 year olds parents until he turns 18. There is the issue of custody and visitation to be established by the court. Since a minor can not be bound to any legal contract, the parents would have to be involved in any court proceedings or court filed documents for support. These are just a few possibilites. There may be more issues the court would deal with.