Should the non biological parent of a child, entitled to full custody?

Question

*only if the biological parent is an unfit parent

GREYS ANATOMY SPOILER

Example scenario;

Sophias biological father is deceased. The biological mother (Callie) is in a relationship with Arizona. Sophia has a combination of all 3 of their last names as her own.

Fast forward to now, Callie and Arizona are divorced and both moved on, they get along just fine and are still good friends. Callie is in a serious relationship with Penny and is moving 6 hours away to New York as Penny got accepted into some research program over there. Arizona, saw how happy the 3 of them were together and decided to go see a lawyer about obtaining full custody is Sophia despite Callie being a great parent.

Bare in mind that they will only be living in New York for a year and Callie has said to Arizona that she can see Sophia every weekend/they'll make it work.

Should Arizona be able to do this? Should she be entitled to the same rights as the biological parents?

Answer

I'm torn on this issue. Arizona is her mother, as I don't think biology is the deciding factor in what makes a parent a parent. Even though the show hasn't shown much of what Arizona (or Callie) is like as a parent, I don't believe she doesn't treat Sofia as if she was her own flesh and blood. 
With that said, I don't believe she should be able to take full custody of Sofia, as Callie is both her parent biologically and emotionally. She gave birth to Sofia. Callie has done nothing to show she is a bad parent for custody to be taken away from her, and has even proven that when she said she would figure out a way to have Arizona see her as often as possible for the year she'd be in New York.

There should be a compromise in the middle that they need to figure out fast, because taking away either of her parents could hurt Sofia emotionally.

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Gotta love Greys Anatomy! Last night was one heck of a double episode! But yes I think Arizona should be able to fight for custody!

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Motherfucker. I just skimmed part of your post and missed the "spoilers" part of it.....😡

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If the parent is biologically related to the child or not doesnt really matter. Its all about whether the person has legal rights over the child or not. In this case Callie made the choice to give Arizona legal rights over her child, so now Arizona is well within her rights to file for custody. Now is it "morally" (not sure what to call it) right for her to do so? I personally say No, because Callie is her true bio mother and has never shown signs of being an unfit parent... Even tho its just a show, I think it goes to show people need to be very careful and really think things through before giving non-biological parents legal rights over thier kids.

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Not all of us watch this. It might help if you post who is what besides the mother and daughter.

Should the non biological parent of a child, entitled to full custody?

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