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Florida Father Uses Nebraska's Safe Haven

Health and Human Services says an 11 year old boy was left at Boys Town National Research Hospital Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Since September, 31 children have been left under the state's safe haven law.  The majority of children have been from Nebraska, but parents from Iowa, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Indiana and now Florida have used the law.

Health and Human Services says they are continuing to investigate the latest occurrence and aren't sure whether the father drove or flew to Nebraska.

Governor Dave Heineman has called a special session for Friday to change the law, so only it would only apply to newborns.

Nebraska and Alaska were the last states in the country to adopt a safe haven law and Nebraska is the only state that currently allows parents to drop of children of any age.

The special session is expected to last seven days and during that time, the safe haven law will continue to be in effect.

                


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