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Originally posted by Lauren
Why would the baby get a "CRIMINAL RECORD" ?
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I can't think why either
It was a long time ago I heard this on an Australian soap IIRC it was "A country Practice" and they stated the baby would get some kind of police record for being abandoned. This may be Australian law rather than English or Scottish law
Someone at work has a knowledge of how adoption and fostering works, and when someone gives up a child for adoption, they have to sign certain forms, so I asked them what if the child was a foundling and the parents never traced. I was told that they would be made a "Ward of Court" before being adopted out. So I wonder if that was what was being referred to, i.e there is a criminal or police record against them, because of being made a Ward of Court.
Any lawyers present here who can clarify. I tried Wikipedia but it did not have much on this topic.
As for what would you do, in most cases reported, the police are called, the baby is taken to hospital to be checked out. The police try and look for the mother in case she needs medical treatment, in the case of a new born being abandoned. The child is then placed with social services, and they go down the court route assuming the mother or father is never traced.