My husband has joint custody of his non biological daughter. He met his daughter's mother when the child was two years old, and raised her for 13 years. At that time my husband divorced his ex wife, and we met shortly after. His children (one 15 year old non biological, and one 8 year old biological) both wanted to live with us instead of their mother when my husband and I married. We entered into a two year long custody trial for both children. We were not completely successful, but were granted nearly half of the year in visitation, when all overnights are totaled. My husband, in the end, was granted joint legal custody of both children, child support is paid for both children as well. He was what the courts called, her Psychological Father.

My husband has joint custody of his non biological daughter. He met his daughter's mother when the child was two years old, and raised her for 13 years. At that time my husband divorced his ex wife, and we met shortly after. His children (one 15 year old non biological, and one 8 year old biological) both wanted to live with us instead of their mother when my husband and I married. We entered into a two year long custody trial for both children. We were not completely successful, but were granted nearly half of the year in visitation, when all overnights are totaled. My husband, in the end, was granted joint legal custody of both children, child support is paid for both children as well. He was what the courts called, her Psychological Father.

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Please note that this thread is two years old and there are more current threads awaiting answers.

My husband has joint custody of his non biological daughter. He met his daughter's mother when the child was two years old, and raised her for 13 years. At that time my husband divorced his ex wife, and we met shortly after. His children (one 15 year old non biological, and one 8 year old biological) both wanted to live with us instead of their mother when my husband and I married. We entered into a two year long custody trial for both children. We were not completely successful, but were granted nearly half of the year in visitation, when all overnights are totaled. My husband, in the end, was granted joint legal custody of both children, child support is paid for both children as well. He was what the courts called, her Psychological Father.

First, as has already been noted, please don't attach your question to someone else's. This thread is from 2008 and it makes it hard for us to find and answer your question when it's buried in another thread.

Second - I assume your husband legally adopted his daughter at some point. If not, I am surprised that the courts granted him visitation with her whatsoever, unless they felt it was in her best interest to continue the father-daughter relationship that he had established with her.

Third - I am not sure how your story relates to the OP. Her husband was in his daughter's life for 13 years; the OP's friend was the father of a three-year-old. Your husband being partially successful in court doesn't mean the OP's friend is going through the same experiences - courts rule what they feel is in the child(ren)'s best interests, they don't have a set standard that is handed down to every case.

What advice are you trying to give?

My husband has joint custody of his non biological daughter. He met his daughter's mother when the child was two years old, and raised her for 13 years. At that time my husband divorced his ex wife, and we met shortly after. His children (one 15 year old non biological, and one 8 year old biological) both wanted to live with us instead of their mother when my husband and I married. We entered into a two year long custody trial for both children. We were not completely successful, but were granted nearly half of the year in visitation, when all overnights are totaled. My husband, in the end, was granted joint legal custody of both children, child support is paid for both children as well. He was what the courts called, her Psychological Father.

Oops... something wrong here.
De Facto/Psychological parent doctrine is not supposed to grant joint custody.

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