Former boyfriend did not have common law standing to bring custody claim regarding child who had been adopted by former girlfriend during parties’ romantic relationship; state did not recognize the equitable parent doctrine, statutory provisions for standing, under which boyfriend admitted he did not have standing, had apparently supplanted common law, and girlfriend’s fitness as parent was not in issue.
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