A Michigan mother is being sought by police - and has lost custody of three of her children - after she abandoned her 13-year-old son at an Omaha Hospital. The woman, an aunt, and a grandmother made the 12-hour drive because Nebraska's Safe Haven law allows parents to leave children younger than 19 at a hospital or fire department if they feel they can't care for the child.

"The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office filed the neglect petition Wednesday against the parents, who adopted the 13-year-old and a 10-year-old sibling out of foster care."

Nebraska's Safe Haven law continues to stir up controversy. It is the only state in which the law applies not only to very young children, but to any child under the age of 19. Opponents of the law criticize its broad age range, and many had expressed concern that the law would be misused in exactly this sort of way. Source: The Detroit Free Press

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