What is the standard of law that the court uses to determine if a third party has become a psychological parent?
New Jersey case law has developed a four-prong test to be used to evaluate whether a third party has become a psychological parent. The test is as follows; a. That the biological adoptive parent consented to, and fostered, the petitioner’s formation and establishment of a parent-like relationship with the child b. That the petitioner and the child lived together in the same household; c. That the petitioner assumed the obligations of parenthood by taking significant responsibility for the child’s care, education and development, including contributing toward the child’s support, without expectation of financial compensation [a petitioner’s contribution to a child’s support need not be monetary]; and d. That the petitioner has been in a parental role for a length of time sufficient to have established with the child a bonded, depended relationship parental in nature. V.C. v. M.J.B., 319 N.J. Super. 103 (App. Div. 1999). Once a third party has been deemed to be a psychological parent to
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