The changing tides of “family” have extended the definition of the “conventional family” or “nuclear family”. Many of these shifts have been social in nature, such as adult children living with their parents.
In this blog post, we address a legal reason for a change in what constitutes a “family”, based on advances in technology that have created different scenarios for Indiana trial and appellate courts to review regarding who is a child of a “family”.
For example, a child who is adopted by a couple is legally the child of that marriage, despite the fact there is no genetic tie with ... Read More
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With today’s ever-expanding accepted concept of what makes up a “family”, which is far beyond the nuclear family definition, such as step parents and step siblings, aunts, uncles or grandparents caring for his or her sister or brother, or child’s children, there is much confusion as to who has the legal rights to the care and custody of child if it comes to a dispute.
Simply, just because you are raising a child, if that child is not your own child, biologically or through an official court adoption and you have not engaged in any other legal action to establish legal ... Read More