Infant Safely Surrendered in Spartanburg County Under Safe Haven Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: DSS Office of Communications and External Affairs
803-898-7602
Infant Safely Surrendered in Spartanburg County Under Safe Haven Act
Nov. 28, 2025- Officials with the Spartanburg Regional Health System in Spartanburg County recently accepted an infant safely surrendered under Daniel’s Law, the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. This is the second, unrelated safe surrender of an infant at this hospital in the last month.
The white baby boy was born on November 26, 2025 at the hospital, and weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and was 18.31 inches long at the time of birth.
The infant was safely surrendered at the Spartanburg Regional Health System in Spartanburg County. Under the Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, Spartanburg 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 December 18 at 10:00 a.m. at the Spartanburg County Family Court, located at 180 Magnolia Street, Spartanburg, S.C. Persons who believe they have parental rights to this child are required to attend the hearing to assert those rights.
# # #
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 seventh 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.
# # #
