Section 14-11-105 – Child Placement; Termination of Parental Rights.
14-11-105. Child placement; termination of parental rights. (a) The department of family services shall immediately place or contract for placement of the newborn child in a potential adoptive home. (b) If neither parent of the newborn child affirmatively seeks the return of the child within three (3) months after the date of delivery to a […]
Section 14-11-106 – Safe Relinquishment Is an Affirmative Defense.
14-11-106. Safe relinquishment is an affirmative defense. If the person relinquishing a newborn child is the child’s parent or the parent’s designee, relinquishment of a newborn child in substantial compliance with the provisions of this act is an affirmative defense to any potential criminal liability for abandonment or neglect relating to that relinquishment.
Section 14-11-107 – Authority of Department of Family Services to Promulgate Rules and Regulations.
14-11-107. Authority of department of family services to promulgate rules and regulations. The department of family services may promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this act. The rules and regulations shall specify conditions and qualifications for safe haven providers in rural areas of the state that do not have a safe […]
Section 14-11-108 – Immunity From Liability.
14-11-108. Immunity from liability. Any person, official, institution or agency participating in good faith in any act required or permitted by this act is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result by reason of the action. For the purpose of any civil or criminal proceeding, the good faith of any person, […]
Section 14-11-109 – Reports of Relinquishments.
14-11-109. Reports of relinquishments. Each local child protective agency shall maintain and update on a monthly basis a report of the number of newborn children who have been relinquished pursuant to this act and shall submit the information to the department of family services.
Section 14-11-104 – Newborn Child Identity.
14-11-104. Newborn child identity. Unless reliable and sufficient identifying information relating to the newborn child has been provided, the department of family services shall work with law enforcement agencies in an effort to ensure that the newborn child has not been identified as a missing child.
Section 14-11-101 – Purpose and Intent.
14-11-101. Purpose and intent. The purpose of this act is to provide to a parent of a newborn child the means to relinquish the child so that the child may be cared for and protected in a safe haven.
Section 14-11-102 – Definitions.
14-11-102. Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) “Abuse” means as defined by W.S. 14-3-202(a)(ii); (ii) “Child protective agency” means as defined by W.S. 14-3-202(a)(iv); (iii) “Fire station” means a fire station that is open and operating twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, and that is continually staffed with full- […]
Section 14-11-103 – Relinquishment of a Newborn Child.
14-11-103. Relinquishment of a newborn child. (a) A parent or a parent’s designee may relinquish a newborn child to a safe haven provider in accordance with the provisions of this act and retain complete anonymity. (b) Relinquishment of a newborn child shall not, in and of itself, constitute abuse or neglect and the child shall […]