Topic
Psychological Parent
6 published works
NJ Family Legal Blog
Do Parents have to Consent to Relatives Becoming Psychological Parents?
It is not uncommon for grandparents or other family members to get custody of other family members when the children's parents have issues preventing them from caring for their children…
NJ Family Legal Blog
The Expansion of Tri-Parenting
Last year I blogged on tri-parenting, or the concept whereby three parents agree to raise a child or children together as a family, with regard to the published New Jersey…
New Jersey Law Blog
Custody and the Psychological Parent
By John S. Eory
As far as families are concerned, there is a long-standing legal principle which generally permits parents to raise their children as they see fit without governmental interference. While that typically…
NJ Family Legal Blog
CUSTODY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL PARENT DEEMED IN CHILD’S BEST INTERESTS OVER FIT BIOLOGICAL PARENT
Custody disputes are often an emotionally trying process where litigants are advocating for what they deem to be in the best interests of the child caught in the middle. Even with…
Family Law Prof Blog
Scharf: “Psychological Parentage, Troxel, and the Best Interests of the Child”
By Family Law
Rebecca Scharf(UNLV, William S. Boyd School of Law) has published Psychological Parentage, Troxel, and the Best Interests of the Childin the Georgetown Journal of Gender and Law, 13Geo. J. Gender…
New Jersey Law Blog
Grandparent Deemed “Psychological Parent” of Child
By John S. Eory
In the recently decided case of Koeppel v. Pierson, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court affirmed a trial court's ruling that a child's paternal grandmother stood in…