State Criminal Incest Statutes
State Prohibited Relationships Prohibited Act Age to Classification, Evidentiary Aggravated
(s) Commit Penalty, or Rules Distinctions
Jurisdiction
Alabama (2008) Either legitimately or illegitimately: (1) His Marriage or Unspecified Class C felony No conviction of NO
Code of Ala. §13A-13-3 ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption; or Intercourse incest or attempt
(2) His brother or sister of the whole or half-blood to commit incest
or by adoption; or (3) His stepchild or stepparent, upon the
while the marriage creating the relationship exists; uncorroborated
or (4) His aunt, uncle, nephew or niece of the testimony of the
whole or half-blood. (knowingly) person with
whom the
offense is alleged
to have been
committed.
Alaska (2008) Either legitimately or illegitimately: (1) an Sexual penetration 18 Class C Felony NO
Alaska Stat. §11.41.450 ancestor or descendant of the whole or half blood;
(2) a brother or sister of the whole or half blood; or
(3) an uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece by blood.
Arizona (2008) Persons with degrees of consanguinity which Marriage, 18 Class 4 felony NO
A.R.S. §13-3608 makes marriage incestuous and void (knowingly) intercourse or
adultery
Arkansas (2008) Without regard to legitimacy: (1) An ancestor or a Marriage, sexual 16 Class C felony § 16-41-101 NO
A.C.A. §5-26-202 descendant; (2) A stepchild or adopted child; (3) A intercourse or Class A felony if (2008), Rule
A.C.A. § 16-41-101 brother or sister of the whole or half blood; (4) An deviate sexual victim is under 16 803: Hearsay
uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece; or (5) A activity with and the actor is Exception for a
stepgrandchild or adopted grandchild (knowingly) someone at least over 21 at the time statement by a
16 years of age of offense child under 10
involving incest
admissible
(reasonable
likelihood of
trustworthiness)
California (2008) Persons within degrees of consanguinity which Marriage, sexual 14 With state prison § 785 (2008): NO
Cal Pen Code §285 make marriages incestuous and void intercourse or (intercourse) sentence Jurisdiction
Cal Pen Code § 785 adultery where offense
was committed
or defendant
apprehended
American Prosecutors Research Institute 1
Colorado (2008) Ancestor or descendant, including a natural child, Marriage, sexual Unspecified Class 4 felony; YES; Class 3
C.R.S.§18-6-301 child by adoption, or stepchild twenty-one years of penetration, sexual Report case to felony if
C.R.S. §18-6-302 age or older, a brother or sister of the whole or half intrusion, sexual department of victim under
C.R.S. §18-6-303 blood, or an uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of the contact education if victim 10 OR if
whole blood ("descendant" includes a child by under 18 yrs & victim under
adoption and a stepchild, but only if the person is defendant school 21 and child of
not legally married to the child by adoption or the employee; defendant
stepchild) Sentence may be
suspended if
committed before
11-1-98 and not
habitual sex
offender
Connecticut (2008) Any person related within degrees specified in Marriage Unspecified Class D felony NO
Conn Gen Stat §53a-191 46b-21; No man may marry his mother,
Conn Gen Stat §46b-21 grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt,
niece, stepmother or stepdaughter, and no woman
may marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson,
brother, uncle, nephew, stepfather or stepson
Delaware (2008) Without regard to legitimacy or adoption, male & Sexual intercourse Unspecified Class A NO
11 Del C§766 his child, parent, brother, sister, grandchild, niece misdemeanor;
or nephew, father's sister or brother, mother's sister Original
or brother, father's wife, wife's child, child of his jurisdiction to
wife's son or daughter; female & her parent, child, Family Court
brother, sister, grandchild, niece or nephew,
father's sister or brother, mother's sister or brother,
mother's husband, husband's child, child of her
husband's son or daughter.
District of Columbia Any person related to another person (not Marriage, Unspecified Imprisonment for NO
(2008) including the 4th degree of consanguinity); cohabitation, not more than 12
D.C. Code §22-1901 marriage void if between man with his sexual intercourse years
D.C. Code §46-401 grandmother, grandfather's wife, wife's
grandmother, father's sister, mother's sister,
mother, stepmother, wife's mother, daughter,
wife's daughter, son's wife, sister, son's daughter,
daughter's daughter, son's son's wife, daughter's
son's wife, wife's son's daughter, wife's daughter's
daughter, brother's daughter, sister's daughter;
between woman with her grandfather,
grandmother's husband, husband's grandfather,
American Prosecutors Research Institute 2
father's brother, mother's brother, father,
stepfather, husband's father, son, husband's son,
daughter's husband, brother, son's son, daughter's
son, son's daughter's husband, daughter's
daughter's husband, husband's son's son, husband's
daughter's son, brother's son, sister's son
Florida (2008) Any person related by lineal consanguinity, or a Marriage, sexual Unspecified 3rd degree felony NO
Fla Stat §826.04 brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece intercourse (define
as the penetration
of the female sex
organ by the male
sex organ,
however slight;
emission of semen
is not required)
Georgia (2008) Person known to be (by blood or marriage): (1) Sexual intercourse Unspecified Imprisonment for YES; if victim
O.C.G.A.§16-6-22 Father and daughter or stepdaughter; (2) Mother not less than 10 nor under 14,
and son or stepson; (3) Brother and sister of the more than 30 years imprisonment
whole blood or of the half blood; (4) Grandparent for not less
and grandchild; (5) Aunt and nephew; or (6) Uncle than 25 nor
and niece. more than 50
years
Hawaii (2008) Persons within degrees of consanguinity or affinity Sexual penetration Unspecified Class C felony NO
H.R.S. §707-741 within which marriage is prohibited
Idaho (2008) Persons within degrees of consanguinity which Marriage, sexual Unspecified Imprisonment not NO
Idaho Code§18-6602 make marriages incestuous and void intercourse, to exceed life
adultery
Illinois (2008) Person related to other person as a i) Brother or Sexual penetration Unspecified Class 3 felony NO
§720 ILCS 5/11-11 sister, either of the whole blood or the half blood;
or (ii) Father or mother, when the child, regardless
of legitimacy and regardless of whether the child
was of the whole blood or half-blood or was
adopted, was 18 years of age or over when the act
was committed; or (iii) Stepfather or stepmother,
when the stepchild was 18 years of age or over
when the act was committed
Indiana (2008) Person known to be biological parent, child, Sexual intercourse, 18 Class C felony Evidence of NO
Ind Cod Ann §35-46-1-3 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, uncle, deviate sexual Class B felony if defendant’s past
Ind Cod Ann §35-37-4- niece, or nephew conduct, marriage victim is under 16 incestuous acts
(unless valid at the time of admissible if
American Prosecutors Research Institute 3
15 where entered) offense relevant to crime
Iowa (2008) Legitimately or illegitimately: Person knows to be Sexual act Not a child Class D felony;
Iowa Code §726.2 ancestor, descendant, brother or sister of whole of Indictment within
Iowa Code §802.2A half blood, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew. 10 years of crime,
unless victim under
18, then within 10
years after victim
reaches 18
Kansas (2006) Person known to be biologically related as parent, Marriage, sexual Unspecified Severity level 10 YES: Severity
K.S.A. §21-3602 child, grandparent of any degree, grandchild of any intercourse, person felony when level 5 if
K.S.A. §21-3603 degree, grandchild of any degree, brother, sister, sodomy victim is 18 and marriage to
half-brother, half-sister, uncle aunt, nephew, niece over person under
18, Severity
level 7 if
intercourse,
sodomy, lewd
fondling of
person 16-18
years 21-3603
Kentucky (2008) Known ancestor, descendant, brother, or sister Sexual intercourse Unspecified Class C felony (if YES; Class B
K.R.S. §530.020 without regard to legitimacy, adoption, whole or or deviate sexual by consenting felony if (1)
half blood, or stepparent and stepchild intercourse adults) forcible
compulsion
OR (2) victim
less than 18 or
physically
helpless or
mentally
incapacitated;
Class A felony
if (1) victim
less than 12
OR (2) victim
suffers serious
physical
injury.
Louisiana (2008) Ascendant or descendant, brother or sister, uncle Marriage (unless Unspecified Imprisonment up to YES; victim
La R.S. §14:78 or niece, aunt or nephew (with knowledge), related married legally in 15years when under 18
La R.S. §14:78.1 by consanguinity either whole or half blood another state) or between ascendant involving any
LA. Code Civ. Proc. sexual intercourse and descendant or other
American Prosecutors Research Institute 4
Ann. art. 571.1 brother and sister involvement of
Imprisonment up to a child in
5years, or up to sexual activity
$1000 fine (or and related to
both) if between offender
uncle and niece or (biological,
aunt and nephew; step, or
30 year time adoptive
limitation from the relatives:
time the victim is child,
18 yrs grandchild of
any degree,
brother, sister,
half-brother,
half-sister,
uncle, aunt,
nephew, or
niece); fine not
to exceed
$50,000 and/or
imprisonment
not less than 5,
no more than
20 years
Maine (2008) Persons known to be within the 2nd degree of Sexual intercourse 18 Class D crime Valid defense is YES; Class C
17-A M.R.S.§556 consanguinity (woman and her father, grandfather, (any penetration of the offender was crime if
son, grandson, brother, brother's son, sister's son, the female sex legally married offender has 2
father's brother or mother's brother; man and his organ by the male to the victim or more prior
mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sex organ) convictions of
sister, brother's daughter, sister's daughter, father's this section or
sister or mother's sister) substantially
similar
conduct
Maryland (2008) Persons who may not marry, within 3 degrees of Vaginal Unspecified Felony; 1 to 10 NO
Md CRIMINAL LAW lineal consanguinity or 1 degree of collateral intercourse years in prison
Code Ann §3-323 consanguinity (man and his grandmother; mother;
Code Ann §2-202 daughter; sister; granddaughter; grandfather's wife;
wife's grandmother; father's sister; mother's sister;
stepmother; wife's mother; wife's daughter; son's
wife; grandson's wife; wife's granddaughter;
American Prosecutors Research Institute 5
brother's daughter; sister's daughter. woman and
her grandfather; father; son; brother; grandson;
grandmother's husband; husband's grandfather;
father's brother; mother's brother; stepfather;
husband's father; husband's son; daughter's
husband; husband's grandson; brother's son; sister's
son; granddaughter's husband.)
Massachusetts Persons within degrees of consanguinity which Marriage, sexual Unspecified Imprisonment of 2 NO
(2008) make marriages incestuous and void intercourse, sexual 1/2 years to 20
ALM GL ch 272 §17 activities years
(including but not
limited to, oral or
anal intercourse,
fellatio,
cunnilingus, or
other penetration
of a part of a
person's body, or
insertion of an
object into the
genital or anal
opening of another
person's body, or
the manual
manipulation of
the genitalia of
another person's
body)
Michigan (2008) Criminal sexual conduct in the 1st and 2nd degrees Sexual contact Unspecified 1st degree felony: 4th degree YES; lifetime
MCLS §750.520b include when the actor is a “member of the same life or any term of misdemeanor electronic
-§750.520c household” as the victim and when the actor is years (other person monitoring if
-§750.520d “related to the victim by blood or affinity to the 4th 2nd degree felony: used authority offender is 17
-§750.520e degree Not more than 15 and coerced years of age or
-§750.520g years defendant: older and
3rd degree felony: imprisonment victim is less
imprisonment not not more than 2 than 13
more than 15 years years and/or fine
not more than
$500)
Minnesota (2007) Person “nearer of kin to the actor than first Sexual intercourse Unspecified Imprisonment of NO
American Prosecutors Research Institute 6
Minn. Stat §609.365 cousin…whether of the half or the whole blood, not more than 10
with knowledge of the relationship” years
Mississippi Person within degrees of consanguinity which Marriage or Unspecified Imprisonment of NO
Miss. Code §97-29-27 make marriages incestuous and void due to blood cohabitation, not more than 10
Miss. Code §97-29-5 adultery or sexual years and/or $500
Miss. Code §97-29-29 intercourse fine
Missouri (2008) Persons known to be ancestor or descendant by Marriage, sexual Unspecified Class D felony NO
§568.020 R.S.Mo. blood or adoption; stepchild while the marriage intercourse,
creating the relationship exists; brother or sister of deviate sexual
whole or half blood; or uncle, aunt, nephew, or intercourse
niece if the whole blood.
Montana (2007) Person known to an ancestor, a descendant, a Marriage, Unspecified Life imprisonment, Defense: YES; Life
Mont. Code §45-5-507 brother or sister of the whole or half-blood, or a cohabitation, or not to exceed Consent to incest imprisonment
stepson or step-daughter, without regard to sexual intercourse, 100 yrs, or fine not with stepson or or 4 to 100
legitimacy, adoption, or step- relationship sexual contact exceeding $50,000 stepdaughter, but years if victim
ineffective if the is under 16
victim is less and offender is
than 18 yrs old 3+ years older
and inflicts
bodily injury;
imprisonment
for 100 years
if victim was
12 or younger
and the
offender was
18 or older and
may be fined
not over
$50,000
Nebraska (2008) Between parents and children, grandparents and Marriage, sexual Unspecified Class 3 felony NO
R.R.S. Neb. §28-702 grandchildren of every degree, between brothers penetration
R.R.S. Neb. §28-703 and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood,
and between uncles and nieces, aunts and
nephews. Extend to children and relations born out
of wedlock or any person who sexually penetrates
a minor stepchild.
Nevada (2008) Persons within degrees of consanguinity which Marriage, Unspecified Class A felony; NO
NRS §201.280 make marriages incestuous and void fornication, imprisonment not
adultery less than 2 yrs and
American Prosecutors Research Institute 7
maximum life with
the possibility of
parole & possible a
fine not more than
$10,000
New Hampshire Person know to be an ancestor, descendant, Marriage, 18 Class B felony Defense: if NO
(2008) brother or sister (whole or half blood), and uncle, cohabitation victim under 18, person under 18,
RSA §639:2 aunt, nephew, or niece without regard to (under the maximum sentence not liable if the
legitimacy, stepchildren, and relationships of representation of of 20years and other party is at
parent and child by adoption marriage), sexual minimum is ½ of least 3 yrs older
intercourse maximum at time of the act
New Jersey (2008) When the actor is “related to the victim by blood Sexual penetration Unspecified 2nd degree crime YES; 1st
N.J. Stat. §2C:14-2 or affinity to the 3rd degree” degree
aggravated
sexual assault
if victim is at
least 16 but
less than 18
years old
New Mexico (2008) Persons known to be parents and children Marriage or sexual Unspecified 3rd degree felony No
N.M. Stat. §30-10-3 (including grandparents and grandchildren of intercourse
every degree), brothers and sisters of half and
whole blood, uncles and nieces, aunts and
nephews
New York (2008) Persons known to be related to him or her, whether Marriage, sexual Unspecified Class E Felony, 3rd YES; Class D
NY CLS Penal §255.25 through marriage or not, as an ancestor, intercourse, oral Degree Felony 2nd
NY CLS Penal §255.26 descendant, brother or sister of either the whole or sexual conduct, or degree if
NY CLS Penal §255.27 the half blood, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece anal sexual commit rape or
conduct criminal
sexual act in
the 2nd degree;
Class B Felony
1st degree if
commit rape or
criminal
sexual act in
1st degree
North Carolina Person that is grandparent or grandchild; parent or Carnal intercourse Unspecified Class F felony Defense: no YES; Class B1
(2008) child or stepchild or adopted child; brother or liability for felony if
sister of whole or half-blood; uncle aunt, nephew persons under 16 victim under
American Prosecutors Research Institute 8
N.C. Gen. Stat. §14-178 or niece if the other 13 and actor is
person is at least at least 12 and
4 yrs older when 4 yrs older OR
the incest victim is 13-15
occurred and actor is 6
yrs older;
Class C felony
if victim is 13-
15 and actor is
4-6 yrs older
North Dakota Persons known to be within a degree of Marriage, Unspecified Class C felony NO
(2008) consanguinity which makes marriages void cohabitation,
N.D. Code §12.1-20-11 between: parents and children, including sexual activity
N.D. Cent. Code, §14- grandparents and grandchildren of every degree;
03-03 brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole
blood; uncles and nieces of the half as well as the
whole blood; aunts and nephews of the half as well
as the whole blood; first cousins of the half as well
as the whole blood (illegitimate and legitimate
children and relatives)
Ohio (2008) Actor is the victim’s “natural or adoptive parent, Sexual conduct Unspecified 3rd degree felony YES; 2nd
ORC §2907.03 step-parent guardian, custodian, or person in loco (sexual battery); if degree felony
parentis of the other person” imprisoned for 2 if the other
yrs or more, person person is less
serves a term of than 13 yrs
post-imprisonment
supervision
Oklahoma (2008) persons within degrees of consanguinity which Marriage, Unspecified Felony punishable NO
21 Okl. St. §885 make a marriage incestuous and void fornication, by sentence not to
adultery exceed 10 years
Oregon (2007) Persons known to be related, legitimately or marriage, sexual Unspecified Class C Felony NO
ORS §163.525 otherwise as Ancestors, descendants, or brother or intercourse,
sister of whole or half blood deviate sexual
intercourse
Pennsylvania Ancestor or descendant, a brother or sister of Marriage, unspecified 2nd degree felony NO
(2008) whole or half-blood, or an uncle, aunt, nephew, or cohabitation,
18 Pa.C.S. §4302 niece of whole blood (blood relationships without sexual intercourse
regard to legitimacy, and relationship of parent and
child by adoption)
Rhode Island No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, Marriage Unspecified Exception: Do NO
American Prosecutors Research Institute 9
(2008) daughter, son's daughter, daughter's daughter, not extend to any
R.I.Gen Laws §15-1-1 stepmother, grandfather's wife, son's wife, son's marriage which
R.I.Gen Laws §15-1-2 son's wife, daughter's son's wife, wife's mother, shall be
R.I.Gen Laws §15-1-3 wife's grandmother, wife's daughter, wife's son's solemnized
R.I.Gen Laws §15-1-4 daughter, wife's daughter's daughter, sister, among the
brother's daughter, sister's daughter, father's sister, Jewish people,
or mother's sister; No woman shall marry her within the
father, grandfather, son, son's son, daughter's son, degrees of
stepfather, grandmother's husband, daughter's affinity or
husband, son's daughter's husband, daughter's consanguinity
daughter's husband, husband's father, husband's allowed by their
grandfather, husband's son, husband's son's son, religion.
husband's daughter's son, brother, brother's son,
sister's son, father's brother, or mother's brother.
South Carolina (1) A man with his mother, grandmother, daughter, Carnal intercourse Unspecified Imprisonment not NO
(2008) granddaughter, stepmother, sister, grandfather's less than 1 year
S.C. Code §16-15-20 wife, son's wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother, and/or not less than
wife's grandmother, wife's daughter, wife's $500 fine
granddaughter, brother's daughter, sister's
daughter, father's sister or mother's sister; (2) A
woman with her father, grandfather, son, grandson,
stepfather, brother, grandmother's husband,
daughter's husband, granddaughter's husband,
husband's father, husband's grandfather, husband's
son, husband's grandson, brother's son, sister's son,
father's brother or mother's brother
South Dakota Marriages between parents and children, ancestors Mutually 18 Class 5 felony YES; Class 3
(2008) and descendants of every degree, and between consensual sexual felony of
S.D. Codified laws brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole penetration aggravated
§25-1-6 blood, and between uncles and nieces, or aunts and incest: (A) if
S.D. Codified laws nephews, and between cousins of the half as well victim is less
§ 22-22A-2 as of the whole blood, are null and void from the than 18 yrs
S.D. Codified laws beginning, whether the relationship is legitimate or AND child of
§ 22-22A-3 illegitimate and include such relationships that perpetrator or
S.D. Codified laws arise through adoption the child of a
§ 22-22A-3.1 spouse or
former spouse
of the
perpetrator OR
child
American Prosecutors Research Institute 10
related to the
perpetrator
within degrees
of
consanguinity
within which
marriages are
void; (B) if
victim in foster
home & the
perpetrator is:
licensed foster
care provider
or resident of
the licensed
foster care
provider's
home and
related to the
licensed foster
care provider
by blood or
marriage
Tennessee (2008) Any person known to be natural parent, child, Sexual penetration Unspecified Class C felony NO
Tenn. Code §39-15-302 grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew,
niece, stepparent, stepchild, adoptive parent,
adoptive child or brother and sister of the half or
whole blood
Texas (2008) Person known to be ancestor or descendant by Sexual intercourse Unspecified 3rd degree felony YES; 2nd
Tex. Penal Cod. §25.02 blood or adoption; current or former stepchild or (any penetration of degree felony
stepparent; parent's brother or sister of the whole the female sex if the victim is
or half blood; brother or sister of the whole or half organ by the male the son or
blood or by adoption; children of the actor's sex organ), deviate daughter of the
brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by sexual intercourse actor's aunt or
adoption; the son or daughter of the actor's aunt or (any contact uncle of the
uncle of the whole or half blood or by adoption between the whole or half
genitals of one blood or by
person and the adoption
mouth or anus of
another person
American Prosecutors Research Institute 11
with intent to
arouse or gratify
the sexual desire
of any person)
Utah (2008) Person known to be ancestor, descendant, brother, Sexual intercourse Unspecified 3rd degree felony NO
Utah Code§76-7-102 sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or first cousin, (not amounting to
without regard to whole or half blood relationship, rape, rape of a
legitimacy, parent and child by adoption, or child or
relationship of stepparent and stepchild while the aggravated sexual
marriage creating the relationship of a stepparent assault)
and stepchild exists
Vermont (2007) Persons for whom marriage are prohibited by state Marriage, Unspecified Imprisonment not NO
13 V.S.A. §205 law fornication more than 5 years
and/or $1000 fine
Virginia (2008) Persons for who marriages are prohibited; relations Adultery or Unspecified Class 1 YES; Class 5
Va. Code §18.2-361 with children and grandchildren fornication misdemeanor felony for any
Va. Code §18.2-366 person who
performs or
causes to be
performed
cunnilingus,
fellatio,
anilingus or
anal
intercourse
upon or by his
daughter or
granddaughter,
son or
grandson,
brother or
sister, or father
or mother
(without
regard to step-
relationships);
Class 3 felony
if a parent or
grandparent
commits any
American Prosecutors Research Institute 12
such act with
his child or
grandchild and
such child or
grandchild is
at least 13 but
less than 18
yrs
Washington (2008) Persons known to be related to him or her, either 1st degree incest: Unspecified 2nd degree incest YES; 1st
ARCW §9A.64.020 legitimately or illegitimately, as an ancestor, sexual intercourse Class C felony degree incest
descendant, brother, or sister of either the whole or 2nd degree incest: Class B felony
the half blood Sexual contact
West Virginia Engaging with his or her father, mother, brother, Sexual intercourse Unspecified Felony: NO
(2008) sister, daughter, son, grandfather, grandmother, (any act between imprisonment of 5-
W. Va. Code §61-8-12 grandson, granddaughter, nephew, niece, uncle or persons involving 15 years and/or or
aunt penetration, fined not less than
however slight, of $500 nor more than
the female sex $5000; Further if
organ by the male the victim is a
sex organ or minor, court may
involving contact order offender to
between the sex pay all or any
organs of one portion of the cost
person and the of medical,
mouth or anus of psychological or
another person) or psychiatric
sexual intrusion treatment of the
(any act between victim, the need for
persons involving which results from
penetration, the act or acts for
however slight, of which the person is
the female sex convicted
organ or of the
anus of any person
by an object for
the purpose of
degrading or
humiliating the
person so
penetrated or for
American Prosecutors Research Institute 13
gratifying the
sexual desire of
either party)
Wisconsin (2008) Persons known to be blood relatives and such Marriage or non- Unspecified Class F felony YES; Class C
Wis. Stat. §944.06 relative is in fact related in a degree within the marital sexual felony if
Wis. Stat. §948.06 marriage is prohibited by the law intercourse person marries
or has sexual
intercourse or
sexual contact
with a child
known to be
related, either
by blood or
adoption, and
the child is
related in a
degree of
kinship closer
than 2nd cousin
or with a child
if the actor is
the child’s
stepparent; OR
offender is
responsible for
the child’s
welfare, knows
the offender
had or intends
to have sexual
intercourse or
sexual contact
with the child,
is physically
and
emotionally
capable of
taking action
that will
prevent the
American Prosecutors Research Institute 14
intercourse or
contact from
occurring or
being repeated,
fails to take
that action;
and the failure
to act exposes
the child to an
unreasonable
risk that
intercourse or
contact may
occur
Wyoming (2008) Persons known to be an ancestor or descendant or Sexual intrusion, Unspecified Felony: May not release NO
Wyo. Stat. §6-4-402 a brother or sister of the whole or half blood, sexual contact imprisonment not the name of a
including relationships of parent and child by more than 15 yrs minor victim
adoption, blood relationships without regard to and/or fine up to
legitimacy, stepparent and stepchild $10,000
American Prosecutors Research Institute 15