When my mother remarried my stepfather applied for custody with my mother as my father still had rights over where she could send us to school, if we were allowed to go interstate without his permissionor even overseas a lot of other minor things. My stepfather  was awarded joint custody with my mother so I guess you might have to apply for joint custody to make it legal for your sake so that you know where your kids are and what they are doing so you can have your peace of mind up to a point I guess. It wil be the judges decision and become legal then even if you are the ir father she can still go and do as she likes up to a point so take some action quickly and be the first one in with your application before too many stories are told . Go to your local family court and see what you can do and get all the information you need so it isn't such a

When my mother remarried my stepfather applied for custody with my mother as my father still had rights over where she could send us to school, if we were allowed to go interstate without his permissionor even overseas a lot of other minor things. My stepfather  was awarded joint custody with my mother so I guess you might have to apply for joint custody to make it legal for your sake so that you know where your kids are and what they are doing so you can have your peace of mind up to a point I guess. It wil be the judges decision and become legal then even if you are the ir father she can still go and do as she likes up to a point so take some action quickly and be the first one in with your application before too many stories are told . Go to your local family court and see what you can do and get all the information you need so it isn't such

biological parents have the say on what goes on with regards to the children... regardless of who has coustody the step parents can only interveen as a concerned citizen for the childrens safty if there is any abuse from a legal standpoint.... he has no power over you... i's not 100% sure of this but if anything you should be better off esp if he is working because she needs to declare household incomes to all government third parties... sorry this is assuming you live in oz... hope this helps :)'s to ya anon

i have a feeling that the laws will be different from state to state or even country to country. it would be a way better idea for you to contact family law courts and ask them , i would have thought that if they are living defacto and supporting her and the kids then they may say he has some rights but i cant really see how a court would say that when you seem to be doing your responsible duties, just contact family law to point you in the right direction, and good luck

i really couldnt tell you but i am a child care worker so i could ask around when im there next and see what others say . also my director might know.