Workers from Montgomery County Children Service said someone dropped the baby off at Children's Medical Center on Saturday, the same day the infant was born.
Ohio's Safe Haven Law allows for any baby under three days old to be dropped off at hospitals or police departments, as long as the baby is unharmed. Officials said no questions will be asked and no desertion charges against that person will be filed.
The Safe Haven Law went into effect in 2001 and its goal is to protect all babies. Child care experts and state lawmakers wanted an alternative for those that are not equipped to care for a baby or whose pregnancies were unplanned or unwanted.
At this time, Children Services has emergency custody of the infant and are in the process of seeking permanent custody. Authorities said if the biological parents do not contest that in the next 30 days, Children Services will move toward adopting the child to a pre-approved family.
Officials said the infant's legal name right now is Baby Kelley, after the director of Montgomery County Children Services, Helen Jones-Kelley.
Children Services said if anyone has an interest in adopting any of the agency's other 60 children, call CSB at 224-KIDS.