I'm an 18 yr old and just recently started dating a 30 yr old that i've known since i was 13. we met through our love for music & worked with eachother for 3 yrs. him being the producer/manager & my sister and i being singers. We've always talked on the phone, spent time together workin & just really clicked with eachother. but due 2 the age difference never said or did anything of it until just recently. well my mom has always had a problem with how close i was with him & now that she found out im actually seein him shes sayin that shes gunna go to the cops & have him arrested for statutory rape because she thinks it has been goin on this whole time because we've always communicated on the phone just abt every night for hours. so as proof shes gettin my phone records. so i was just wondering if she would be able to press statutory rape charges on him now?

This is a tough question. A lot would depend on how compelling your Mom's information is to the police and the District attorney (DA). The age difference is a red flag. Your Mom can't press criminal charges against him. She can only file a police report, or complaint naming him as the party to a crime against her minor child; the police will either open an investigation, or they will drop it. If they do a preliminary investigation and find compelling evidence, the District Attorney may open a case.

In Texas, the statutory rape law is called "Indecency with a child" and it falls under the special statute of limitations laws (below) for sexual offenses. "The statute of limitations for certain offenses against minors is a period of 10 years after the victim reaches age 18.

If the 30 year old has never had any arrests or allegations of this kind against him and the phone calls and other activities can be explained under his manager/agent status as part of the professional working relationship, he probably won't have anything to worry about. If police ever want to question him, it would be in his best interest to have an attorney present.

Your Mom has the right as the parent to make her suspicions known and file a report with police if she believes a crime was committed against her minor child.

The statute of limitations for certain offenses against a minor is a period within 10 years after the victim reaches age 18. The offenses included are:

• Indecency with a child
• Intentional or knowing sexual assault of a child
• Intentional or knowing aggravated assault of a child
• Generally, the statute of limitations for a felony is 3 years after commission of the offense.