Exactly. I'm watching the episode where Frank wants to pay less child support, and the kids' mom keeps referring to Nick as "your father." Then Frank drops off the kids and they call him dad.
I'm glad you mentioned that about them not being adopted, because I was thinking the same thing. If they want to be that much of a family, Nick should adopt the kids and then they don't have to worry about child support. I'm not really sure how much Frank cared about them anyway. I like Charlie Murphy though, he totally cracks me up.
And another question is if the mom is so concerned about last names, why did she keep her ex-husband's last name and combine it with her new husband's? That's weird. I would think she would go back to her original last name. But they apparently have her set up to be a crazy, frantic woman who contradicts herself all the time anyway.
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Megamel_99
10 years ago
Good questions. Perhaps Frank wouldn't want to give up his parental rights, which I *think* would be a requirement for Nick to adopt. I don't know for certain though. Even though Frank wasn't very involved in the lives of his children, he might have not wanted to give up parental rights for some reason. My oldest niece is 16 and her biological father hasn't been involved in her life very much. My sister was just out of high school when my niece was born. My sister married my brother-in-law when my niece was about 4 and she calls him dad because he has been there every day since she was a toddler.
As far as keeping her ex-husband's last name, maybe she wanted to have the same last name as her children? I know that's why my sister kept her ex-husband's last name. She has not remarried so I don't know what she would do in that case.
My parents are still together so I don't have any experience with a step parent. But maybe the mom wanted a strong and caring father figure in the lives of her children who was there daily so that is why she encouraged her kids to call Nick dad? These are all just guesses on my part though.
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