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Originally Posted by troutman
If this man acted as father to these children for 16 years, I see nothing unusual about this decision. The children must consider him "father". Gender of the judge has nothing to do with this.
in loco parentis
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Thanks for reminding me of this. I'm starting to recall the Family Law sections of a couple personal Financial Planning courses I took back in Uni that mentioned this. If I recall it was right then and there that my opinion of love, marriage, and common law took a significant nosedive.