The court held that the children’s constitutional right to parental care extended to step-parents who acted in the stead of a biological parent.

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After years of trying to build a bond, one woman is told by her stepkids she’ll never be family Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wenjay Sung, a 45-year-old physician in Pasadena, California. It has been edited for length and clarity. My wife, Su Sung, and I were both ...

Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married 31 years. We each have two children of our own. They are all grown. His boys have different mothers; I raised one and helped with the younger one. As soon ...

BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - A stepmother was arrested on charges of child abuse after she allegedly inflicted injuries upon her stepchildren "as punishment for misbehavior." According to a release ...