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Difference between revisions of "Couples Who Are Not Spouses: Your Income, Support and Property Rights"

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The partner of a parent can be required to pay child support, but only if both are parents of the child or the couple are spouses. Someone who is not the spouse of a parent doesn’t qualify as a stepparent who may be responsible for child support.
The partner of a parent can be required to pay child support, but only if both are parents of the child or the couple are spouses. Someone who is not the spouse of a parent doesn’t qualify as a stepparent who may be responsible for child support.


The amount of child support payable is fixed by the Child Support Guidelines according to the payor’s income and the number of children support is being paid for. For information on child support, refer to script [[About the Children in Your Family(Script 147)|147]] on “Unmarried Spouses: About the Children in Your Family”.
The amount of child support payable is fixed by the Child Support Guidelines according to the payor’s income and the number of children support is being paid for. For information on child support, refer to script [[Unmarried Spouses: About the Children in Your Family (Script 147)|147]] on “Unmarried Spouses: About the Children in Your Family”.


==What rights do you have to property acquired during the relationship?==
==What rights do you have to property acquired during the relationship?==
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