Mother dumps special needs son in hospital for being rude

March 16, 2016 10:54 PM

Kathy Sherrer from Utah, reportedly left the 8-year-old at Jordan Valley Medical Center, claiming to be overwhelmed by his constant insults where he calls her foul names, also pulling his pants down in public.

Kathy Sherrer

News reports have revealed that a 36-yr-old mother with four special needs children has abandoned her 8-yr-old son at a hospital for being rude to her.

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Kathy Sherrer from Utah, reportedly left the 8-year-old at Jordan Valley Medical Center, claiming to be overwhelmed by his constant insults where he calls her foul names, also pulling his pants down in public.

Sherrer defends her actions, saying that she had been justified in leaving him there which is covered by the Utah's Safe Haven law.

The law states that parents can drop off a baby up to three days old, anonymously at a hospital or fire station with no questions asked or consequences.

However, the rule does not apply to Sherrer seeing as her son is 8 and not a newborn baby as specified by the controversial law.

KSL News reports that Sherrer had tried to justify her actions, saying:

"I thought that it was okay that we could drop them off and it was a Safe Haven place.

"I don't think I'm necessarily a bad mother. I got more like overwhelmed. I wasn't sure about the Safe Haven laws or what it meant… I really did not know any other way to go about it."

Police reports reveal that her son had walked up to the reception of the hospital building with a note written by Sherrer, which read, "This kid is rude and ungovernable! I do not want him in my house at all!"

The Hospital had reportedly called the police who had then taken the child into protective custody.

Fortunately, the police had been able to track down and arrest Sherrer, who now faces child abandonment and child abuse charges.

Sim Gill, a Salt Lake County District Attorney, said:

"You don't get to arbitrarily drop children off at certain institutions.

"You reach out to that organization, that organization helps process your child, there's an understanding. Everybody understands what everyone's role is. But you don't simply say, 'I've had enough and I'm going to drop off this child and no one knows who I am.''

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The boy is reportedly still in the care of social services in the country.