Miscellaneous News

Parents overwhelmed with their children, not only because of financial pressures, but often because they have NO support for children with emotional problems, found Nebraska's "safe-haven" law the only answer. Nebraska changed its law to allow only babies up to 30 days to be covered.

Here is an example of an older child "dumped" in Nebraska:

First Melyssa Cowburn's 5-year-old child tried to bash in a baby's head with a hammer. Then he set the shower curtain on fire. The next day he plugged all the sinks and toilets in their apartment and flooded the place.

Cowburn and her husband had tried unsuccessfully to get their insurance company to pay for mental health treatment for the boy. The difficulty she had keeping him under control had already helped drive her to attempt suicide last year. Now she felt she had only one option: She flew with her child to Nebraska last week and tearfully left him there.