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Okay, I know that with our case, we are family by marriage not by blood. There are several different factors at play here.
1. For federal programs, they only recognize family as long as it's within 5- degrees- married or blood. Now, to figure that out, is to count from you to your parents (your mom or dad whichever is related), to your grandparents, to your great-uncle, to his child, to his grandchild.......... each of those is a degree.
2. I have heard that if you call yourself family, hold yourself out as family, you're family.
Most state laws will even say, "whether family is by blood or marriage".
My advice is if you want to raise those children and keep them in the family, then fight with everything you have. Hire an awesome attorney, that can navigate the system. Don't give up if that's what you think is best.
Mom2J
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