Sentences with phrase «than a biological parent»

If someone other than a biological parent receives custody, they may then wish to take the next step and adopt the child.

It is important to understand that visitation rights can extend to more than the biological parents.

Question: Can a student be enrolled in a charter school by a family member other than a biological parent?

Step kids find it much more difficult to forgive a step parent than their biological parents, regardless of the extenuating circumstances.

Myth: Adoptive parenting is no different than biological parenting.

This is called a de facto custodian, who can be a grandparent or other individual other than the biological parents who has been the child's primary caregiver and financial supporter.

Why run the risk of confusing children or making the adoptive parents feel less than biological parents... as if they were simply babysitters of someone else's child.

In many households, the stepparent is more involved with a child's life than the biological parent.

Adoptive parents are no less of a parent than a biological parent.

The fact that people are often raised by persons other than their biological parents may have diluted the effects somewhat.

Ruby's horrid adoptive parents were no more ready for her than her biological parents, who had lost a child too soon before they brought her into their lives.

Dr. Coleman writes: «Divorce may introduce new adults into children's lives — adults who can cause the child to feel disloyal to the parent who's not there; adults who may compete for the love, attention, and resources from the parent who is; adults who generally have less investment in the child's well - being than the biological parent.»

In other words, the biological parent's right to custody is recognized, whereas any right the child may have to continue any nurturing relationship he or she has developed with someone other than a biological parent is not recognized.

There are several ways in which third parties, other than biological parents, can obtain legal rights in regards to minor children.