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2022 Delaware Code
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 safe haven as defense.
Universal Citation: 11 DE Code § 1102A (2022)
§ 1102A. Abandonment of a baby at a safe haven as defense.
(a) For purposes of this section, “baby” means as defined in § 902 of Title 16.
(b) In any prosecution for an offense under § 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 safe haven under § 907A(b) of Title 16, if the baby is surrendered alive, unharmed, and is in a safe place in the safe haven.
73 Del. Laws, c. 187, §§ 1, 8; 75 Del. Laws, c. 376, § 1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 242, § 4;
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