Re: Looking for information on in loco parentis

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I am in a similiar situation, in PA also, and was wondering
if you gat any responses. My situation, involves much more
as I am a grandparent with legal custody but in PA
grandparents do not have rights. "Dad" is fighting adoption
now on this subject and I am scared. He has only been around
for the last year out of 5 but the courts still lean his
way. I would appreciate any info you found on the in loco
parentis rules. Thanks

On 2/02/01, Beth wrote:
> I have a situation here where 11 years ago, I gave birth to
> a little girl with Down's Syndrome. My boyfriend at the
> time (now my ex-husband) was thought to be her father, but
> through HLA blood testing we found out otherwise. He has
> always acted as her daddy and we have never contacted her
> biological father. She knows only my ex as her dad and has
> never met or heard of another man being her father. I have
> since filed a child support petition through Domestic
> Relations and our case has been labeled as "Complex" and we
> will be going to court. The attorney who is handling my
> case is going with the "in loco parentis" fight, saying
> even after finding out 7 years ago that our daughter wasn't
> biologically his, he still held himself to be daddy and
> never disclosed the information of her true paternity to
> even his family. His attorney is denying that. To this
> day, he still gets her every other weekend and doesn't
> treat her any differently than he did the day she was
> born. Anyway, I have been going crazy trying to research
> cases similar to mine on the internet and have hit a wall.
> Does anyone know of any web-sites that I can visit that
> will give me some in-depth information on "step-parents and
> child support" or "in loco parentis". I have already
> looked in the Domestic Relations web site and they didn't
> really have anything new to say. Pennsylvania cases and
> law would be great but I will look at anything at this
> point just to gain more knowledge. Thanks

Re: Looking for information on in loco parentis, 9/02/03, by kathy N..

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