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Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
CHAPTER 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Subchapter V Offenses Relating to Children and Vulnerable Adults
§ 1102A. Abandonment of a baby at a hospital as defense.
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11 DE Code § 1102A (2016)
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In any prosecution for an offense set forth in § 1101 or § 1102 of this title, it is a defense if the person surrendered care or custody of a baby directly to an employee or volunteer of a hospital emergency department inside of the emergency department, provided that said baby is surrendered alive, unharmed and is in a safe place therein. For the purposes of this section "baby" means a child not more than 14 days old.
73 Del. Laws, c. 187, §§ 1, 8; 75 Del. Laws, c. 376, § 1.;
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