California Considers Bill to Legalize More Than Two Parents

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
reply to post by FortAnthem

 

The bill would authorize the
court to make this finding if doing so would serve the best interest
of the child based on the nature, duration, and quality of the
presumed or claimed parents' relationships with the child and the
benefit or detriment to the child of continuing those relationships.

Do you think the court would find that an anonymous stranger would be in the best interest of the child based on his relationship with this anonymous stranger?

Absolutely, if that stranger had the financial means to support the child.

Originally posted by xuenchen
here's part of the law.

(4) Under existing law, the parents of a minor child are
responsible for supporting the child. Existing law establishes
statewide uniform guidelines for calculating court-ordered child
support. These guidelines direct a court to consider the parents'
incomes, standard of living, and level of responsibility for the
child.
This bill would, in the case of a child with more than 2 legal
parents, direct the court to divide child support obligations among
the parents based on the statewide uniform guidelines, adjusted to
permit recognition of more than 2 parents.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.

That's all I needed to read to figure out what this law was all about.

They always try to mask their intentions with touchy-feely language about protecting the children or doing what's right for the children but, when you get to the bottom of it all, its all about money.

I don't see this as a left/right issue; this is all about creating a new and profitable venue for the lawyers to make bucket loads of money in the family law courts. Expand the definition of "parents" and you've just expanded the circle of people who can be found legally and financially responsible for taking care of that child.

Who is gonna enforce this new financial responsibility? The lawyers and the courts, of course.

And what profession do most politicians come from? They're just taking care of their own.