122 N.C. App. 723 - Moyer v. Moyer’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 64 N.C. App. 125 - Newman v. Newman · Newman v. Newman · 113 N.C. App. 382 - Duffey v. Duffey · 23 N.C. App. 230 - Shook v. Peavy · 18 N.C. App. 647 - In Re the Change of Name of Dunston
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“At common law, the relationship between stepparent and stepchild does not of itself confer any rights or impose any duties upon either party. In contrast, if a stepfather voluntarily takes the child into his home or under his care in such a manner that he places himself in loco parentis to the child, he assumes a parental obligation to support the child which continues as long as the relationship lasts.... However, the fact that a stepfather is in loco parentis to a minor child during marriage to the child's mother does not create a legal duty to continue support of the child after the marriage has been terminated either by death or divorce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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