Fourteen days after a parent surrenders a newborn to an emergency services provider or a licensed child placement agency, as provided in § 25-5A-27:

1. (1) The parent's rights with respect to the newborn are terminated; and

2. (2) The legal and physical custody of the newborn is assumed:

   1. (a) By the state; or
   2. (b) By the licensed child placement agency, if the newborn was surrendered to an agency.

Source: SL 2001, ch 132 , § 3; SL 2025, ch 107 , § 4.