hypothetical situation.

[Walleye]

alright... this is a hypothetical question.

if you marry a person who has a child from another relationship (or some other reason) do you or do you not consider that child your child? your responsibility, as you are now a parent to that child?


(assuming child is too young to care for self)



i was watching "The People's Court" (i had nothing to do!), and the judge asked the father "is this your child"? He said no, and that seemed really wrong to me. If you marry a woman, any children that woman had are now your children... and you have an obligation to them as such.



😕

 

[boyRacer]

might as well be your child... even if not biologically. you chose to marry that person and whatever "baggage" comes along with it... emotional or physical.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

it was the correct answer. Anything else is perjury.

 

[cpals]

My aunt remarried and her children call their step-dad by his real name. Never heard them call him "Dad." Some father's might not consider a non-biological child as theirs (maybe if the children are grown up already), but most would likely "adopt" them into his family as his own.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
it was the correct answer. Anything else is perjury.

the question was not about biological connection. the question was whether or not he considered the kid his child or not.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
it was the correct answer. Anything else is perjury.

the question was not about biological connection. the question was whether or not he considered the kid his child or not.

Well, that is not what your previous quote said.

i was watching "The People's Court" (i had nothing to do!), and the judge asked the father "is this your child"? He said no, and that seemed really wrong to me. If you marry a woman, any children that woman had are now your children... and you have an obligation to them as such.

 

[Yossarian]

yes you're adopted. even your birth mom hated you.

 

[shiner]

Punt

 

[DXM]

I agree, it does sound wrong. If a man willingly marries a woman with children then he's taken the responsibility of raising the child(ren) as his own, otherwise he should've never married in the first place.

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
it was the correct answer. Anything else is perjury.

the question was not about biological connection. the question was whether or not he considered the kid his child or not.

Legally? No, unless he opted to adopt him as his son.

Should he be considered his son to the father? Probably.