Practice question
A safe-haven provider receives an infant under the Act but maintains custody with proved gross negligence causing injury. It claims that provider status alone guarantees immunity from every civil damages claim. Which is correct?
- Every provider has absolute immunity
- Only the parent’s consent matters
- The child’s injuries are legally irrelevant
- Section 16 conditions its civil-damages protection on good faith and absence of gross negligence; the claimed absolute immunity fails
- All liability transfers automatically to the infant
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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