Topic
Child Abandonment
10 published works
Family
Abandonment Reversed in Gallatin, Tennessee Termination of Parental Rights: In re C.N.
By K.O. Herston
What is an affirmative defense to the ground of abandonment in a termination of parental rights case in Tennessee?
The Paterson Criminal Law Blog
DCP&P Investigates Alleged Child Abandonment at Library in Clifton, NJ
Police officers recently arrested an Atlantic City NJ woman who allegedly abandoned her infant child inside a public library in Clifton, New Jersey. The suspect is a 33-year-old woman who…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Appellate Division Analyzes What It Means To “Abandon” A Child “By Willfully Forsaking” Him
Family law and estate law are undoubtedly two very personal areas of the law that often cross-over with one another depending on the issues at hand. In the Matter of the Estate…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
Daniel’s Law: Safety for the Infant and Parent
Section 63-7-40 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, as amend, provides distressed young women and men an opportunity to surrender a new born child without being prosecuted for abandoning…
South Carolina Adoption Law Blog
TPR: Abandonment
A parent's rights may be terminated if the parent abandons the child. Abandonment of a child is when a parent wilfully deserts a child or wilfully surrenders physical possession of a…
Family Law Prof Blog
Russia Seeks to Stop Adoptions to US After Adoptive Family Puts Child on Plane Alone
By Family Law
The New York Times is reporting on a shocking story about an adopted Russian 7 year-old whose adoptive family put him on a plane alone to send him back to…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Parents Thankful for Mass. Safe Haven Law
The Boston Globe: Abandoned to happiness, by Patricia Wen:Born to a woman unable to cope, baby Jane Doe found new parents who give thanks to mother, Safe Haven law It…
Family Law Prof Blog
Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law – Controversies
By Family Law
Nebraska's "safe-haven" law which allows parents to abandon children at hospitals without being prosecuted has been garnering lots of news. The reason? While other states have similar laws, other states…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
‘Safe-Haven’ Laws Intended for Newborns Being Used for Teens
NY Times: Parents Give Up Youths Under Law Meant for Babies, by Erik Eckholm: The abandonments began on Sept. 1, when a mother left her 14-year-old son in a police…
Family Law Prof Blog
Police Say San Francisco Parents Left Children at Home Alone While Ringing in the New Year in Vegas
By Family Law
The father and stepmother of two young boys could face felony charges after it was discovered they left the children alone at their home in San Francisco while they rang…