text: can they arrest him ? my best friend has a brother who is 24. his 15 year old girlfriend (i know, horrible)just gave birth to his child. a detective came to investigate because the hospital reported him to the police. they were afraid he would be arrested, so they quickly went and got married (yes, with her dumb mother's permission). i say he can still be arrested. my best friend says she doesn't think so now. who is right? he could be arrested, but it wouldn't amount to anything now.  if the girls mother wanted to press charges, he could have been charged with at least statutory rape.  since the girls mother gave permission for them to marry, she can no longer file charges--therefore, there isn't really a case here for him to be arrested for.  having a baby is one of the stupidest reasons to get married!  that decision is going to haunt them for the rest of their lives.  being married is hard enough when you're old enough to realize all that it means--at their age, they barely know how to wipe their own butts!  adding a child to the mix is just asking for trouble--i don't care how mature you are, or how well you think you're prepared for it--parenthood changes everything!  having a child first, then getting married because you have a child is, from my own personal experience, a very big mistake!  i'd rather see 2 people who love and care for their child never marry than marry and be miserable.  i hope your friends mother is ready to not only raise her own child, but her grandchild and a son in law as well!  make sure you stick around for your friend--somehow i think she's gonna need as much support as she can get in the very near future--when her life totally falls apart.  i wish her luck and truly hope she won't be another statistic, but i'm being realistic and calling it how i see it--a bad situation that will get much worse.