Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24447558-20140701205038/@comment-4091815-20140702055013

You are correct that California has a high consent age - but that only applies to "statutory" - there are exceptions built into the law for marriage - and there must be a 10 year difference in age for intercourse it to warrent automatic state agency reporting and criminal charges.

http://www.hhs.gov/opa/pdfs/statutory-rape-state-laws.pdf