Talk:Child abandonment

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I think we need to make a distinction here with the increasingly-common practice of societal encouragement of new mothers to "abandon" their infants at hospitals, firehouses, etc., instead of throwing them into dumpsters and trash cans. -- Zoe

Agreed. nooooooooooooooo removing bizarre sentence in this context ( "It is hoped she will be able and willing to resume taking care of him.")

Is it bizarre because she should obviously not be allowed to do so, or because you can not imagine that she would change her mind, or because the prison term has obviously taught her to be able and willing again? - Patrick 17:22 Jan 14, 2003 (UTC)

I'm not so sure that this sentence is correct: "Today, abandonment of a child is considered to be a serious crime in many jurisdictions, because the result is that the child and the other parent, if any, often end up on welfare. " COuldn't this be considered mala in se? I'm going to edit it as such. Vedek Wren 18:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Um, you clearly need to get informed about the complex U.S. child support enforcement system, which is specifically and expressly driven by the need to prevent absent parents from offloading their parental responsibilities onto the government. The federal Office of Child Support Enforcement has a handbook online that sort of explains the system. [1]. Also try searching Google for AFDC and TANF. The major objective of turning AFDC into TANF in 1996 was to reduce the overall welfare caseload, and as part of that, Congress mandated that the states improve interstate child support enforcement. If the custodial spouse and children go on welfare as a result of nonpayment of child support, the custodial spouse is required to assign her right to child support to the government. Then the government goes after the noncustodial spouse to make that person pay for the cost of supporting their kids and ex-spouse on welfare. Every state today has a "Child Support Enforcement" or "Child Support Recovery" office which chases after child support deadbeats. See, for example, the Utah Office of Recovery Services. [2] The FBI also investigates the worst cases under the federal Child Support Recovery Act of 1992. [3] --Coolcaesar 18:03, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I almost forgot to mention the most burdensome part of the 1996 law. All employers in the United States are required to report all new hires to their state's new hire reporting system so that their Social Security numbers can be checked against national lists of deadbeat parents. Search Google for "new hire reporting" and you'll see how every state has a New Hire Reporting site that specifically references child support enforcement. --Coolcaesar 18:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

child abandoment is very commen all around the world. i think that we should do something about it. if you know that you wont be able to soport a child then don't have one..

the following do not work together:

1. almost every 18 seconds a child loses their parents
2. this means that there are about 470,052 new orphans each day and 1,734,480 each year

there are only 86400 seconds in a day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.209.155.167 (talk) 15:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)