Reply #11: So if couple "A" gets married

[JonQ]

has a kid, then husband A dies, wife A remarries step-dad B. You're saying only the mom would have any say in how the child is raised? And at any point a government official may take the child out of the custody of step-dad B (even in the absence of legally defined abuse)?

Step parents may have fewer rights, I suppose, but to say they have none is not exactly fair, or I think, legally correct.