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If a person with children from a previous relationship gets divorced again, are the kids still the ex-partner's stepchildren?

Posted - November 13
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  • 34428
    No, not legally.   But many times if it was a long marriage,  the ex will still allow the step to visit with the children.
      November 13, 2024 5:24 AM MST
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  • 17611
    I don't recognize the step-parent status unless the child has but one parent.  If a person marries someone with kids and decides to, and successfully does,  adopt the children, that relationship remains a legal one unless it is changed in the court system.  
      November 13, 2024 8:02 AM MST
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  • 44648
    Huh?
      November 13, 2024 11:04 AM MST
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  • 16821
    Girl I know still maintains contact with her mother's ex, calls him her "former stepfather" and I was wondering if that's a thing.
      November 13, 2024 5:34 PM MST
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  • 34428
    If my Dad and StepMom got divorced, I would likely still interact with her.   She has been in my life as a Mother figure for most of my life. I was 8yrs old when they got married. My Dad had custody of both myself and my sister. 
      November 13, 2024 6:00 PM MST
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  • 16821
    It was the "former" bit that surprised me.
      November 13, 2024 9:14 PM MST
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  • 34428
    That is what he is...I don't know of another way to refer to him other than by his name only. Assuming she never called him Dad. 
      November 14, 2024 6:07 AM MST
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  • 11086
    It's like your mother-in-law. Once the marriage ends, you're either friends, enemies or strangers, but not relatives. 
      November 13, 2024 5:16 PM MST
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