What is a parents rights or responsibilities if they have relinquished a child under these laws?
A. Generally, the parent is presumed to have abandoned the child. Abandonment is a basis for termination of parental rights. National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center, Expediting Permanency for Abandoned Infants 7 (UC Berkeley 2007). The Nebraska law is particularly vague on the impact of a parent’s abandonment under the safe haven law — apart from providing for immunity from criminal prosecution, it’s simply unclear what happens next to these children. Read more about the problem in this Wall Street Journal article.
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