Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Child's Welfare
Overview
Detective Benson calls on Bayard Ellis for legal help when her estranged brother gets caught in a child custody battle. Also, Detectives Tutuola and Rollins investigate why a newborn baby is abandoned near a hospital.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 13
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2012-02-29
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Child's Welfare is Episode 16 in Season 13 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2012-02-29. The runtime is 44 min.
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