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• Rodney E
• Brandy B

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  • I am a stepmother who has been allowed to see my stepson. But, this past weekend my ex husband came to my house and took my stepson crying because I made him mad. He would not stop and think about what he was doing to our child. I just had to stand by and let him hurt my baby. He threatened to call the police immediately after he got out of the car. I would not allow my son to go through that, so I went in the house and got him. He was playing with his sister and cousin and had to leave immediately. My stepson is 8 years old and I have been his Momma since he was 3. Actions like this will only hurt the children!!! Parents should not be allowed to hurt their children in this way. Please help stepparents look out for their children.
• Andrea N. R

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  • My Husband is a few weeks away from deploying to Iraq for the U.S. Army. His ex wife is fighting us in court so that I will not be able to have any visitation with my stepson for the entire 13 months my husband is gone, thus neither would the rest of my husbands family. I live in Indiana and if President Bush would approve this petition I think it would be a Huge victory for step parents like myself in the same situation.
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• Bernadette Y
• Susan D
• Angela E
• Casey H
• Crystal B

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  • I believe that step parents should have the right to share custody with the biological parents when the two are still married. I have been married to my husband for eight years in July and we have been raising his son for the last seven, We didn't even know that he had a son untill the courts petitoned him in 2001 and told him that he may have a son that had been living in foster care for the last year. Right after we found out about this my husband got custody of his son and he was taken out of foster care where he has remained with us, while his biological mother has been in and out of prision on drug charges. He will be 8 in July and I don't know what I would do without him in my life. I am very interested in this issue, If there is anything that I can do to help please email me and let me know.
• Becky N
• Krystle L
• Cailyn D

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  • I have a stepdaughter and her real mother has a no contact order and I am terrified that if something happens to my husband that I will lose my daughter. She is mine and I think more needs ot be done.
• Christy S

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  • Neither the child's mother nor my husband seem to take much interest in the child. My husband pays an outrageous amount of child support every month. For this reason I believe that it would be irresponsible for us to have anymore children. I would like to be more active in my step-childs life even if they are not.
• cindy d
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• Melissa S

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  • I am a step-parent myself. I love my step-kids, I have helped raise them for the past 3 years. My husband's ex-wife does not like me and hasn't since me and my husband first started dating. This law would give me the comfort of knowing that if for some reason me and my husband divorced, I would still be able to to see my step-kids, who love me dearly and I love them dearly as well.
• Sue S

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  • I completely agree with this right! Step-Parents are underappreciated and are the ones raising the children
• cindy k

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  • I would like to see this passed so Just in case something happened to my husband I would like to see my step-daughter and be apart of her life.
• Jennifer A

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  • I believe that it is very important for a step-parents to have more rights. If one biological parent does not have much involvement with his/her child & the other biological parent passes away, then it may be in the best interest of the child for the step-parent to be allowed custody. This petition is not about the biological parents or the step-parents. It's about what is best for the child. If a step-parent has taken on the role of a parent & developed a strong bond with a child, then they should not be cut off completely from that child.
• Renee S
• Tasha H
• teresa annette M

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  • We spend years helping to raise a stepchild. We grow to love them and when a divorce happens we dont stop loveing the child.It is hard enough on a child to lose their parents through one divorce but to lose another parent figure in another divorce adds more pain and heartache to the child.
• cheryl f

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  • stepparents are the same as the biological parents this day and time
• Brooke B
• Christine B

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  • I've been a stepmother to 2 wonderful boys for the past 12 years. They ARE my sons in my heart and there isn't anything I wouldn't do for them that I wouldn't do for my own children.
• Christine L
• kristie p
• Christopher R W
• AJ
• Bryan M
• Carolyn J

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  • step parent/ family are loving people too
• Christina S
• Clayton B. T
• Eric M
• Carol S
• Danny Wayne C
• Christen G
• Carissa M

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  • Children deserve to have everyone who loves them in their lives, reguardless of the adult relationships.
• Christy K

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  • Although I do not plan to divorce my husband, I think this is important to the continued well-being of my 9 year old son. My husband is the person he goes to when others say "ask your dad." If something were to happen to me, he would never be allowed to see his step-dad again and that is wrong.
• Deanna M. K

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  • As a full custody step parent it is very frustrating when a bio parent who doesn't care and wants to give up all rights, still has more than the step parent unless you legally adopt the minor.
• Cookie

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  • I love my stepchildren as if they were my own and I know that my husband and I have had significant problems and he has even threatened me with the fact that if we were to split up he would never allow me to see them, although I am the one that does the majority of caretaking for them. They have asked to spend time with me when he's even out of town, etc. These rights need to be protected for both the step parent and the stepchild. Thank you.
• Angela R
• Erica C
• Heidi B

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  • Step parents raise kids too! Give us our rights to them!
• Latasha E
• Latasha E
• Laurie St. A
• Elizabeth R
• Ella K
• Anthony R

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  • I've raised step children also,, and i keep in contact with them to this day. Anyone who has stepchildren should have just as much right to see them as their biological parents. My daughter Rose loves her stepfather as much as she loves me, and i would not take her visits away from him, due to the fact it would hurt her in the long run.. The children should have the right to decide whether or not they want to see the step parent without someone turning the child against the step parent... Thank You for taking the time to read my statement on this matter.....

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