Divided Colorado Supreme Court finds parental anonymity in ‘safe haven’ law

Divided Colorado Supreme Court finds parental anonymity in ‘safe haven’ law

Parents who surrender their newborns under Colorado’s “safe haven” law are entitled to anonymity and confidentiality in any subsequent adoptive proceedings involving the child, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Colorado’s law, like its counterparts across the country, is intended to provide new parents with an alternative to abandoning an infant in potentially life-threatening […]

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