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Kinship...
Just another random thought on the whole idea of what constitutes a "family" - something in another post made me think about this. When I had my FS and it was going towards adopion, I was "kinship placement". Now, I'm not related to him by blood at all, but I had a prior relationship with him as his teacher. The courts considered THAT to make me "kin" and gave me a place above bio relations he didn't know as well. His "dad" fought that in court becuse he was offended I could be callled "kin" when I was no blood of his (he wanted A. moved to a cousin), but the judge made it plain that I was "related" to the child, if not the parents.
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