Practice question
A parent relinquishes a twenty-day-old infant to a DOH-accredited hospital within the safe-haven framework. Does the infant’s age alone exclude the statutory provision?
- No, twenty days is within the thirty-days-and-younger category
- Yes, only infants exactly thirty days old qualify
- Yes, hospitals are never listed
- Yes, only persons over eighteen qualify
- No, because every older child automatically qualifies too
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11767_2022.html — RA 11767, sections 13–16
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/96093 — IRR of RA 11767, safe-haven provisions
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