oh man, yes. in a lot of places same-sex couples can't legally adopt, so even if you and your partner have raised her bio kid for a decade and more, if your partner dies, you're not considered her parent and she can be put in foster care or sent off to live with her other mom's family
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-16 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)this happens?
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-16 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)no subject
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