When a parent abandons an infant less than seven days of age by voluntarily delivering the infant as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-500(b) or N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-500(d) and does not express an intent to return for the infant, that parent shall not be prosecuted under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-322, 14-322.1, or 14-43.14. ?(2001-291, s. 7; 2012-153, s. 4.)

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