So I have two children and their biological father and I divorced and when my children were 5 and 7 years old, I met their stepfather. His father-in-law and I are married now and have been married for about 6 years, but he never legally adopted my children. Does he have the right to punish them by taking things away from them, beating them, knocking them down, etc.? A stepson is a child who was born or legally adopted by your spouse before your marriage and whom you did not legally adopt. If you legally adopt the child, your parent-child relationship is the same as if the child were biologically related to you. My mother has been married to my stepfather for 15 years, but she did not adopt me. My younger siblings are biologically his siblings. My mother is going through a divorce, he is not happy. He harasses my mother and confuses my older sister and me. Recently, he told me how he monitored my phone, he had taken screenshots of my text messages. Is it legal for him to monitor my phone without my mother`s permission? Dear Kayla, thank you very much for your comment. It appears that you are based in the US, which means we cannot provide legal advice as we are based in the UK. I suggest you talk to a lawyer in your area.
Dear Nick, thank you very much for your comment. They refer to your son`s mother who lives in a different state than you and your son. This leads me to believe that you live outside the jurisdiction of England and Wales and I suggest that you seek legal advice in your jurisdiction. If you live in England and Wales, please let me know and I will be happy to help you. My fiancée and I have been together for 4 years and we are getting married in October 2018. He has 4 children from a previous relationship. The biological mother is also with a man who now lives with her. According to court documents, the biological parent (or a related family member) has the first right to the children if the children are left in the care of another parent for more than 4 hours. Currently, a “friend” or “girlfriend” is not considered a “related family member.” My question is this; After marrying my fiancée, will I now be considered a related family member as the children`s stepmother? Thank you for your comment Louise. You and your husband are clearly facing a difficult decision that will affect your entire family. It is important that you and your husband make your decision together, whatever it may be. You might consider working with a family counselor who is able to facilitate a discussion not only between you and your husband, but also with your stepson`s mother.
This is clearly an emotional issue and open discussion is not always easy, but it is important if we want to agree on a regulation that works for everyone. I have a brother who I recently discovered was a half-brother to me. We have the same mother, but different fathers. His father divorced my mother at an early age and now he has a new wife and three children. What is the children`s relationship with me and what is my relationship with the new woman? My partner and I are planning to get married next year. I have 2 children from a previous relationship with agreed 50/50 shared custody. My new wife (to become) is concerned about the title of mother-in-law and the implications of it, i.e. there are legal implications or financial responsibilities, such as alimony with my former partner. After reading the previous blogs, I believe that parental responsibility is not assumed.
However, I have not seen an answer to the other points. My partner has a great relationship with my daughters (ages 11 and 14) and we don`t want that to change through marriage and other changes in legal responsibilities. The law of forced inheritance confers on certain relatives other than the spouse an absolute legal right, which cannot be deprived of them by will or gift, to inherit a certain part of the deceased`s estate. Normally, a person does not have the right to prevent another person from selling their property to someone else by gift or will. The Forced Inheritance Act, which applies only in Louisiana, limits the disposition of a deceased person`s property if their parents or legitimate children or their descendants are alive at the time of death. Such persons are expressly declared compulsory heirs by law and a testator may not deprive them of a share of an estate reserved for them by law, unless there is a valid reason to disinherit them. Any other person who has received the property may be required by law to return it or to compensate for the share taken from the compulsory heirs. In some jurisdictions, a spouse who commits bigamy and marries while still legally married to another may be denied any inheritance rights to the estate of his or her lawful spouse. This applies even if the bigamous marriage would have ended well before the death of the legitimate spouse. In some jurisdictions, the fact that a person legally married to the deceased has entered into a bigamous marriage does not exclude his or her right to inherit the estate of the deceased. My mother remarried in 1966 after my father died.
I was an only child and I was 21 years old. My mother died in 1979 when I was 33. My father-in-law had everything in the field and I got nothing. He lived in my mother`s bungalow until this year, when he passed away at the age of 86. After my mother died, he moved in with another woman as a partner. I haven`t seen him in years, but I really thought I would receive my inheritance after he died because he didn`t remarrie. After digging a little, I discovered that he had “sold” my mother`s bungalow to his 2 partner children in October 2014, just before his partner`s death. I doubt very much that the money has changed hands. We are talking about a total of about 200,000 euros. Do I have any rights in this regard? I feel like I`ve been stripped of my rightful inheritance, for which my mother and father worked hard.
I don`t want this for myself because I`m in the last chapter of my life, but I have 2 children that my mother adored. I also have 5 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Do I have any rights in this regard? When my stepfather married my mother, he was single and living at home with his parents. He moved into my mother`s house with only 2 suitcases with his clothes! I even thought of writing a letter to his partner 2 children who actually understood my inconsistency. They are both very rich anyway and certainly don`t have to hide from my family what morally belongs to them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Let`s say my wife is fighting her ex for custody of her daughter. We are not legally married at the moment. She was not represented in court at the first hearing. The ex accused me of being “a convicted child rapist” with false and unwarranted accusations and also called me a drug addict. The court refuted this and yet my wife was ordered to have “parental leave” 4 days a week at her grandmother`s house, which is about an hour from our home, with no “other 3. party is present”, since the ordinance has been issued, we are legally married and my question is whether I am still considered a “3rd party” or not…? Because New York State recognizes our marriage, I don`t think so.
But I have to be sure. How do I know for sure? From the information you provided when talking about your half-brother`s wife and children, it seems that the children are your nieces/nephews and your half-brother`s new wife is your sister-in-law. However, if you are referring to the wife and children of your half-brother`s father, based on the information you provided, it seems that you have no legal connection with them. Hello, A step-parent is a person that a mother or father marries after the marriage or relationship with the other parent ends or that parent dies. From a legal point of view, a step-parent only becomes a step-parent by marrying one of the biological parents. Thus, is a stepfather no longer legally the step-parent of the child whose biological mother has died and the stepfather has remarried? Some tips please for a friend. He has a daughter that he ordered by the courts 5 years ago, since he got married, his new wife didn`t sign any legal documents regarding her child, so he was just step by step by name. They have since divorced my boyfriend and his daughter, his ex-wife is now suing him for full custody.
Please, someone knows where it stands. I hope you can help me. Thank you dear Katie, thank you very much for your comment. I`m sorry you`re having trouble taking care of your stepson. Unfortunately, we cannot offer much in terms of legal advice, as these are disputes between you and your husband and are not technically legal matters. We recommend that you seek help from a family counsellor or therapist. We want to start the step-parent adoption process and BF said he wouldn`t dispute that, so we have approval there. I know my local council will try to stop us from doing PR/Live in Order/Wills as an alternative, but that`s not what my son (or we) want, he`s so desperate for the adoption order. So my questions are: I have a 9-year-old daughter, my wife died, I got married. She does everything for us, we don`t have an in-law protection agreement, she`s going to adopt my daughter.