PD 603 Article 161

Duty to Report Abandonment.

Article 161

ART. 161. Duty to Report Abandonment. — When the parents or persons entitled to act as guardian of a child are dead, or, if living, have abandoned him, for no valid reason; for at least six months in a duly licensed child placement agency or hospital, or left him with any other person for the same period without providing for his care and support, such fact shall be reported immediately to the Department of Social Welfare. In case of a child left in a hospital immediate transfer of the child to the Department of Social Welfare or any duly licensed child placement agency must be arranged. The Department of Social Welfare shall make provisions for the adequate care and support of the child and shall take such action as it may deem proper for his best interests.

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