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In a  Decision – Williams v. McCloud (an "Unreported Decision") >>   the Court Held:

The Appellate  Division was intrigued as to whether a parent who assumes an obligation to act as parent for a nephew could be entitled to reduction in child support for his child applying the “Other dependent Deduction” usually applicable to an after-born child.

Defendant assumed the status of in loco parentis once the nephew’s biological parents consented to the transfer of legal and physical custody to him. A person in loco parentis could be obligated by equitable estoppel from disclaiming a previously assumed support obligation. The case had to be remanded to determine if defendant had a “legal responsibility” to support nephew.
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In a  Decision – S.R. v D.P. (an "Unreported Decision") >>   the Court Held:

The Appellate Division determined that the Trial Court’s decision to deny the Father Joint Legal Custody of his daughter and the continuation of sole legal and physical custody was warranted, notwithstanding that the Father never explicitly consented to the creation of a parent-child relationship between child and aunt and uncle.
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