Carpinello, J.
Petitioner is the biological father of nine-year-old Lauretta and the stepfather of 13-year-old Richard. Respondent is the children's biological mother. Although never married, the parties have been together since 1989 with some intermittent periods of estrangement. In January 1997, petitioner, who is the only father Richard has ever known, relocated to Texas. In the months following his departure, the children were periodically left alone by respondent...
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