Neb. lawmakers to tweak safe haven law

Carleton Bryant The Washington Times - November 18, 2008, 09:06AM

Nebraska lawmakers are considering tweaking their safe haven law by setting an age limit on children to be abandoned by their overwhlemed parents, the AP is reporting.

When they enacted the law, lawmakers didn’t specify an age limit, so parents started abandoning kids as old as 17 and 18.

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Apparently nobody in the legislature thought anyone would be eager to dump their kids on the state.

Apparently nobody in the legislature has a teenaged kid.

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Carleton Bryant

Carleton Bryant is a senior editor at The Washington Times, where he oversees the National and Metropolitan desks. He also serves as the newsroom’s internship coordinator. He has served as an assistant managing editor; a National, Metropolitan and Features desk editor; an assistant National desk editor; and a reporter on the National and Metro desks.

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Neb. lawmakers to tweak safe haven law

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