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Cjtrules15 wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Not since "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" when Regina killed Leopold. Snow was presumably of legal age at that point, and since Regina was no longer married to Leopold and thus had no custodial claim to Snow, was no longer her stepmother. Doesn't really matter who has custody of Snow. Regina married her father. Related by marriage. Not when the marriage is over, as is the case with a death or divorce.

For example, irl, you have to have everything in place in order for your spouse (who is not the biological parent of the child and has not adopted them) to get custody of your child after your death. This happened to a friend of mine when her husband died and his mother (who hated her) fought her for custody of his 3 year old daughter. His mother won. :>