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Should the step-parents of children who aren't biologically related to them have some legal right to visitation when a relationship ends?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46835points) July 7th, 2011

Say, a man gets into a serious, long term relationship with a woman who has a baby. Then they break up seven years later. For that 7 year old child, that man is the only father he’s ever known, and the man badly wants to stay in the child’s life, but he has no legal rights to visitation. Should there be some laws that address that situation?

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