Q: Does a step parent have any rights to children vs a domestic partner?
My ex and I have 2 kids. He is re married and I have a partner of 5 years. My kids consider my partner their step Dad. He is claiming since we are not married that my partner can't even be listed as an emergency contact at school or any other forms but his wife is required to be listed. In my opinion an emergency contact should be someone that the kids know, love and trust. That's what matters when thry need someone. He said his wife has thd same rights as a parent since they are married. We have shared parenting but I am residential school parent.
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He is wrong. Unless she adopts them, or gets some other kind of court ordered right, his new wife and your current boyfriend have the same amount of rights to the children, which is none.
He also misunderstands what an emergency contact is. It is just that. An emergency contact. It implies or requires no familial relationship whatsoever. He is just saying things.
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