Custody Rights of Step Parents...
marvelprime
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This is the most daunting thing that disturbs me. Adoption is a legal process by which non-biological parents can achieve legal rights over a child. Conversely, the protection of a non-biological parent who was never married amounts to zero. It shouldn't be this way. Sometimes, even with official marriage and official step-parenthood, the laws even go out of the way to specifically make it more difficult or worse, ensure no rights.
It disturbed me that the biological father of my oldest, a person who vehemently denied his own child, could at any point, decide to do a 180 and get a legal right to see my daughter. And as I had always been a major part of her life, that I wouldn't even get so much of a case started.
I was lucky, but I know for a fact there are a lot of people who weren't so lucky.
I'm not exactly wearing rose-rimmed glasses. The amount of frivolous lawsuits because of burnt exes who really have no justification to earn rights, or several "step parents" could potentially earn rights causing a issue of "bouncing parents". These are things that do need to get addressed.
However, I have strongly felt that the time for this antiquated strict rule of blood rules all needs to be a more balanced approach, an approach that deserves a case-by-case basis as with all other forms of child custody rights.
I think it's over due and something to be addressed.
It disturbed me that the biological father of my oldest, a person who vehemently denied his own child, could at any point, decide to do a 180 and get a legal right to see my daughter. And as I had always been a major part of her life, that I wouldn't even get so much of a case started.
I was lucky, but I know for a fact there are a lot of people who weren't so lucky.
I'm not exactly wearing rose-rimmed glasses. The amount of frivolous lawsuits because of burnt exes who really have no justification to earn rights, or several "step parents" could potentially earn rights causing a issue of "bouncing parents". These are things that do need to get addressed.
However, I have strongly felt that the time for this antiquated strict rule of blood rules all needs to be a more balanced approach, an approach that deserves a case-by-case basis as with all other forms of child custody rights.
I think it's over due and something to be addressed.
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