§ 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 child care services for minor children in a safe, healthy, and homelike environment.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 88A, § 19, 32D; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 2011, ch. 564.