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Not unless the child is emancipated. Till 18 they still have to investigate
From: KidsCounsel ListServ [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marcia Brubeck
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 9:18 AM
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Subject: [KIDSCOUNSEL-L] DCF and abandonment question
If a hospital calls DCF and reports that the child has been abandoned (the legal parent refuses to pick up the child at discharge), can DCF refuse to take custody on the ground that the child is seventeen and one-half years old?
Marcia E. Brubeck, LCSW
Hartford, CT