Age Restrictions not very Restrictive
A woman unable to care for her 6-month-old baby dropped her son off at a Chicago fire station recently. Yes, the baby was well-over the state’s age limit for Safe Haven drop-offs, but as the article points out, what good will come of arresting her? The baby did not appear to have suffered any abuse […]
Child Welfare in Nebraska
Here is an interesting article on the state of child welfare in Nebraska. One point in particular I just touched on in a previous post. When Safe Haven was first enacted in Nebraska, any child under the age of 18 could be legally abandoned at an approved location. This caused dozens of teenagers to be […]
Safe Haven Age Limits
This is an extremely short article, but it brings up a great point that we have not mentioned in a while. What do you think is the appropriate age limit for Safe Haven? Anyone familiar with these laws, I am sure, heard about the disaster that happened in my home state of Nebraska when the […]
Crash Course on Safe Haven Laws
Wow, today’s article is well-written and encompasses a lot of the issues we talk about here at One By One Safe Haven. It begins with the baby girl who was found in the Mississippi River in Minnesota just a few weeks ago. Then, the author goes into Safe Haven Laws and some of the finer […]
Age Limits for Safe Haven Laws
I very much enjoyed this article. It appears to be written from a younger perspective, which I like. I wish more young people who write about Safe Haven Laws. It is a good form of peer pressure since most parents who abandon newborns are teens. All it takes to spread the word so fewer babies […]
Non-Legal Guardian Gives Child to Safe Haven
I have a bit of a mystery for you today. A 4-year-old little boy was dropped off at a Houston fire station. He was well over the age limits for Safe Haven, but the fire station accepted him to help keep him safe. The mysterious part is, the woman who dropped him off was not […]
Amanda Mathe Abandons Autistic 10-year-old
A mother dropped her son off at a hospital in Florida. Sounds great, right? Wrong. The boy was 10. Amanda Mathe dropped her autistic son of while maintaining custody of her two other children. As you know, a 10-year-old is not covered under any Safe Haven Laws in the United States. The mother is going […]
Paternal Rights in Safe Haven Laws
This is a new and interesting story. A mother, angry with her husband, decided to take her 1 and 2 year old children to a nearby fire station and dropped them off. The husband and father was notified and he came to get them the same day, but this raises some issues. If a mother […]
Abandoned Baby Found in Tennesse Park
Here’s a thought-provoking case. I baby was found abandoned in a Tennessee Park. The child is fine, thank goodness, but there is a question of how old it is. If an abandoned baby is found to be over the 72- hour age limit stipulated by most state laws, the child will still be cared for, […]
Age Restrictions for Safe Haven Laws
A 12 year old boy in Nebraska was dropped off at a hospital by his family. What do you think about this? If you recall, when the Safe Haven Laws first went into effect in Nebraska no age limit was set on the children that would be taken care of if their parents could not. […]
