Neb. Lawmakers Give Preliminary Approval to 30-Day Age Limit Under State's Child-Dumping Law

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska lawmakers gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a new 30-day age limit for children who can be legally abandoned under the state's child-dumping law. The restriction is designed to stop parents and guardians from using the law to drop off older children at Nebraska hospitals. The state's child-dumping law is the only one in the country without an age limit and has led to the abandonment of 34 children - none of them infants - since July.
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Posted by Editor at November 19, 2008 02:44 AM