Infant Safely Surrendered in Greenville County Under Safe Haven Act

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Infant Safely Surrendered in Greenville County Under Safe Haven Act

Sept. 19, 2025- Officials with Prisma Health- Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville County recently accepted an infant safely surrendered under Daniel’s Law, the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.

The Hispanic baby girl was born on September 3, 2025, and weighed 4 pounds, 9.4 ounces and was 17.3 inches long at the time of birth.

The infant was safely surrendered at Prisma Health-Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville County. Under the Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, Greenville County DSS took custody of the child, a medical evaluation was completed, and the infant has been placed in a licensed foster home.

A Permanency Planning Hearing and Termination of Parental Rights Hearing will be held on October 28, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at the Greenville County Family Court, located at 350 Halton Road, Greenville, S.C.  Persons who believe they have parental rights to this child are required to attend the hearing to assert those rights.

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Editor’s note: The Department of Social Services has made a dedicated page on the agency’s website regarding Daniel’s Law in South Carolina with current data. This is the fifth Daniel’s Law baby surrendered in South Carolina during the 2025 calendar year.

A safe abandonment such as this is a perfect time to remind the public that the SC Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act provides a safe, legal option to surrender an infant up to 60 days old. For more information about the Safe Haven Act, known as Daniel’s Law in South Carolina, please click here. For a listing of crisis pregnancy organizations, please see this brochure.

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