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[quote=Anonymous]Those calling the bio father judgmental names seem to be posting out of fear. I am  surmising they have an unstable  marriage and / or uninvolved father of the children.  Probably no familiarity with how often this (family breakdown) happens, and I am not referring simply to divorce.

If indeed this applies  to you -- or at least got you thinking , I would have an uncomfortable  discussion with your spouse and a visit to a family lawyer to get something down on paper.

In real terms,  every holiday season like Thanksgiving , or especially New Years, people will die in car crashes.  Children will be left either  with one parent or no parents.  Despite lovely ceremonies supposedly appointing godparents, that doesn't work out so well in real life. Get the scenarios on paper. Get the financial stipulations worked out ahead of time and get all those papers  signed and updated every 3 years. Widower Dad  may be able to get Aunt Ginny to help him take care of 10 month old Larla now, but she may re-marry and may be ill-equipped to take care of 14- or 17-year old Larla. And Dad's new wife may convince him to give Larla to Aunt Ginny full time, especially when there are new children in the picture. (There will be.)

This is a par-for-the course work-a-day  for those of us in family social services,  family law, foster care, and adoption care, though you  all seem so fascinated  by it.  [/quote]

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