On January 3rd, 2014 California passed a new law where children are able to have more than two legal parents. The purpose of this law is to allow judges to grant additional parental rights in they find that recognizing only two parents would be detrimental to the child. It will only be on rare circumstances, such as when a child sees a certain person as a parent figure and that person has the ability to take on the responsibilities and obligations of being the parent of that child. Many critics feel that the new law is going to create confusion and chaos in the lives of the children and in many of the child custody cases. Under the new law the immigration status of the parent, legal guardian or relative will not be disqualified from receiving custody.
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This is a radical law. I had never heard or even contemplated anything like this before. I suppose if the child had grown attached to some other parental figure while their own parents were virtually never around than it would be a feasible idea. However, this is for sure going to cause chaos and mayhem with in the familial system and cause strange dynamics to arise. This is an absurd law that should be passed; it just goes to show how far off the deep end California is floating.
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