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amartin828
Thank you for the responses, I am grateful for the information given. But quoting Lawrence,
"In fact the rule is so difficult to satisfy that some say commentators say that the step-parent has to do something to interfer with the child finding out who the biological parent really is before liability can be imposed."
He has interferred by destroying pictures and other personal property that had to do with her biological father.
Also "If a woman or a man comes into a relationship with a child from another marriage, and their common law spouse takes over a parenting role, that person would generally be required to pay child support. This is called standing in locus parentis. For example, the courts look at how long you have been living with the children, whether you were involved in disciplining them, you attended parent-teacher interviews, you were called “dad” or “mom”, you helped financially support the children and all of the other circumstances to determine whether you are “in locus parentis”."
He was involved with discipline, school meetings and helped financially supported her for 9 years. And by the way we are not liars, the reason we have not told her who her Biological Father is because, He attempted to Kidnap and murder me while I was pregnant with her and he is currently in prison for more violent crimes. Thank you for the people who kept it at a legal stand point. Her last name is of her Bio-father, her step father has added her to his taxes every year as well as to his health insurance and dependents at work. The bio father was never put on Child Support because the Step Father did not want my daughter to have any contact with her bio-father.