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Safe haven baby adoption california.
Free safe surrender kits safe surrender sites are hospitals or other locations typically fire stations approved by the board of supervisors or fire agency in each county.
Know the process to adopt a safe haven baby we receive so many requests to adopt a safe haven baby.
To request safely surrendered baby kits please complete the order form safely surrendered baby kit order form.
Safe haven laws generally allow the birth parent to remain anonymous and to be shielded from prosecution for abandonment or neglect in exchange for safely surrendering the baby to a safe haven.
If you have seen shows like nbc s this is us or cbs code black you have likely heard of a baby safe haven laws.
In most states with safe haven laws a parent may surrender the baby to a safe haven but is some states only the mother may relinquish the infant.
A safe haven for newborns is dedicated to saving the precious lives of newborns from the ultimate in infant abuse abandonment and assisting pregnant girls and women in crisis.
Realistically it is virtually impossible to ask for and expect to adopt one of these children unless you are already approved and registered with a participating adoption agency that receives a safe haven baby.