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Child Support: Support for Step-Children, Part 1
When parents move on to form new relationships, their new spouses can sometimes assume the role of parent to a child from the previous relationship, even though they are not the biological parent. This is known in law as standing "in loco parentis" which means "standing in place of a parent." In these situations, a parent-child relationship can form, which may give rise to an obligation to support that child.
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