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Forum (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 13, 2008

Next in Line for a Bailout: Troubled Families

The failures of a Nebraska safe haven law illustrate the need for legal options for families in crisis, write H. Thomas Wells, Jr. and Patricia A. Macías. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By H. Thomas Wells, Jr. and Patricia A. Macías

In the past few months, more than 30 children - mostly teenagers - were abandoned by distressed parents at Nebraska hospitals. Some parents came from faraway states. In response, the state just revised its "safe haven" child drop-off law to make it only applicable to newborns. As leaders of the national legal and juvenile court communities, we've been alarmed by these heart-w...

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