What is the name of your state?
Oregon
Is a step-parent a legal guardian? I just read a post about how step-parents should not sign things for their spouses children, and I'm a bit perplexed.
I'm a step-mom (we call me Extra Mom) and I have been one for almost 3 years now. The mother doesn't involve herself with school, homework, extra-curricular activities, or even doctor's visits. Typically, I do these things. Mother also lives and works far from their school, and never picks them up or takes them there. I volunteer at the school and do field trips with their classes.
Now, given the involvement level, am I really not supposed to sign homework papers, report cards, permission slips, etc. Am I not legally qualified to do this? I really don't want to screw anything up, and I figure that I ought to know this anyway, for any other situation that may crop up.
And just in case anyone has any preconceived notions, I know exactly who I am and should be- I am a very important woman in my step-kids lives, but I am not their mother, nor am I trying to be.
Oregon
Is a step-parent a legal guardian? I just read a post about how step-parents should not sign things for their spouses children, and I'm a bit perplexed.
I'm a step-mom (we call me Extra Mom) and I have been one for almost 3 years now. The mother doesn't involve herself with school, homework, extra-curricular activities, or even doctor's visits. Typically, I do these things. Mother also lives and works far from their school, and never picks them up or takes them there. I volunteer at the school and do field trips with their classes.
Now, given the involvement level, am I really not supposed to sign homework papers, report cards, permission slips, etc. Am I not legally qualified to do this? I really don't want to screw anything up, and I figure that I ought to know this anyway, for any other situation that may crop up.
And just in case anyone has any preconceived notions, I know exactly who I am and should be- I am a very important woman in my step-kids lives, but I am not their mother, nor am I trying to be.
