In re the Parentage of J.A.B.

¶1 This case involves a petition for recognition as a de facto parent. The trial court here found that Richard Benjamin is the de facto parent of B.H.R. This finding is supported by the record and was not an abuse of discretion. Nor did the court err in its parenting plan decisions. We thus affirm.

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¶2 In 1998, Snowwhite Reich and her four month old son B.H.R. began living with Richard Benjamin. Reich and Benjamin lived together as a family for seven years and had a child together, J.A.B. B.H.R. considers Benjamin to be his father and has called him “dad” since he could first speak.…