Does the following relationships constitute a "family"?

2008-09-10 5:47 am
Please give reasons
1. A gay couple who have lived together in a stable relationship for 5 years in a home rented in the sole name of one of them?

2. A heterosexual coupla with no children who have lived together for 3 months in a home rented in the sole name of the woman?

3. An unmarried father who lives alone but has contact with his 3 year old son each weekend? The son lives with his mother

4. An elderly woman who has shared her home with a younger man for ten years who acts as her unpaid home help whom she treats as a nephew?
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5. A married couple with no children who each own their own home and whose jobs mean they live apart for all but 4 weeks a year?

6. A 15 year old girl, orphaned at birth who has grown up in the home of a married couple with 3 children of their own, but was never formally adopted?
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You are right, but whether they are considered to be a family legally if either of the parties die whether they are entitle to share of assest and maintanance.

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2008-09-10 7:15 pm
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I guess it depends on who you let define "family". Legally only 3, 5 and maybe 6 would be considered family. And 6 is only a maybe because it would depend on whether the couple treated her as family or as a job. In my definition, though, anyone who makes a commitment to be a part of a person's life and then lives up to that commitment to the best of their ability would be family. So I'd add 1 and maybe 4 (again, depending on the family/job dichotomy). 2 could turn into a family if they have a commitment to each other.
2008-09-10 12:57 pm
yes, no, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
2008-09-10 12:57 pm
I am with you Captn. Family is the same thing as a commitment to love and to take care of. If you feel like someone is family it is so if the feeling is mutual.
2008-09-10 12:51 pm
Lilo and Stitch said it best.

Ohana means family. and family means no one gets left behind, or forgotten.

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