A little back story.  My partner and I have been together for a little over two years and have lived together for about a year.  I have 2 children and he has 3, 2 of which live with us one of which is his neice by marriage that he's raised since she was 3.  (He considers her his daughter but for the sake of keeping all the details straight I'll continue to refer to her as "neice".)  She just came to live with us about 5 months ago after being removed from his ex wifes care for neglect.  The ex wife didn't let him/us see or have contact with his neice for the last two years.  A couple of mon