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22 Jun 2010

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Stepparents’ Rights Upon Divorce

For many years stepparents suffered from near non-recognition in the eyes of the law. A non-adoptive stepparent facing divorce had no legal right to maintain their relationship with their stepchild post-judgment, at least not without the goodwill of the legal parent (a scarcity in the midst of divorce, perhaps). In many states, that is still the law today, despite a rise in second and third marriages.