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<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><tt>(ii) the length of time during which the child lived with the stepparent.</tt></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><tt>(ii) the length of time during which the child lived with the stepparent.</tt></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
In most cases, stepparents aren't let off the hook entirely. Most of the time, the court will take a biological or adoptive parent's obligation into account when assessing child support against a stepparent, look at the obligation of any non-parent guardians, and require stepparents only to make a sort of top-up payment rather than pay the full amount required by the Guidelines. | In most cases, stepparents aren't let off the hook entirely. Most of the time, the court will take a biological or adoptive parent's obligation into <span class="noglossary">account</span> when assessing child support against a stepparent, look at the obligation of any non-parent guardians, and require stepparents only to make a sort of top-up payment rather than pay the full amount required by the Guidelines. | ||
===Securing a child support obligation=== | ===Securing a child support obligation=== |