Gov. Dave Heineman said Wednesday he will call a special legislative session to fix a safe-haven law that in just a few months has allowed parents to abandon nearly two dozen children as old as 17. The Governor had planned to wait until the next regular legislative session convened in January, but changed his mind [...]
So I guess it’s not just the parents who suck at taking care of their kids. A grandpa in California has been arrested after allegedly leaving his 11-month-old grandchild in a car while he went into a Sacramento bar. Robert Mora is accused of leaving the baby in a vehicle for about 30 minutes Wednesday [...]
Here is another one for the Crummy Parent Files! A South Carolina man was arrested in a strip club, getting a lap dance after his baby daughter was found out in the club’s parking lot alone in the car. The man told police that he left his baby in the car because she was sleeping [...]
While the ‘safe haven law’ is different in each state, Nebraska recently passed a unique version of law designed to protect unwanted infants by allowing parents to legally surrender them at a hospital. In the law, which took effect July 18, Nebraska allows parents to give up a minor of any age — possibly an [...]
I am honestly shocked every time that I read a story like this, except this one is just more unexplainable. Twin 3-year-olds, a girl and a boy, did not survive after being left inside a car in northeastern Kansas for more than two hours. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the twins were found in the car [...]
Since starting this blog 2 years ago, I’ve been surprised by the number of stories I have read about children, mostly infants, being left in hot cars alone. In some cases, a passerby will see the child and call authorities, but in many the child goes unnoticed and dies. The sad part is when you [...]
Tuesday April 8th, 2008 was designated an awareness day for Abandoned babies in the State of Illinois. The Governor, Rod Blagojevich, would like distressed parents to know that the fire station, police station or hospital are legal places a parent can hand over a newborn that is up to seven days old. The baby must [...]
Could you imagine realizing that both you and your husband have boarded a train and that you have left your child behind on the platform?That is exactly what happened to a couple from New Jersey after they boarded a train in New Brunswick. New Brunswick police say the parents were hauling several pieces of luggage, [...]
