Can A Non-Biological Parent Be Granted Custody?
Under certain circumstances and depending on the jurisdiction, a spouse who is not a legal parent may still be granted partial custody and/or visitation rights under the legal doctrine known as equitable parenting. Although highly unusual in family court, a judge may apply this legal theory if a spouse and child have a demonstrably close relationship with each other and where the biological parent consents and encourages such a relationship. If the court does grant the equitable status, then depending on the amount of child custody or the degree of visitation granted to the equitable parent, the court will also require the equitable parent to pay child support and other legally based parental obligations. Is Paternity Testing Covered by Insurance? No. Insurance companies do not consider paternity testing to be medically necessary to the insured’s health and therefore is not considered to be a covered occurrence under most if not all policies of insurance. For more information on legall
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