Section 5-502 - Legislative findings.
§ 5-502. Legislative findings.
(a) Declarations.- The General Assembly declares that:
(1) minor children are not capable of protecting themselves; and
(2) when a parent has relinquished the care of the parent's minor child to others, there is a possibility of certain risks to the child that require compensating measures.
(b) Policy.- It is the policy of this State:
(1) to protect minor children whose care has been relinquished to others by the children's parent;
(2) to resolve doubts in favor of the child when there is a conflict between the interests of a minor child and the interests of an adult; and
(3) to encourage the development of day care services for minor children in a safe, healthy, and homelike environment.
[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, §§ 19, 32D; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.]