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The ''Divorce Act'' and the ''Family Law Act'' both say that stepparents can be required to pay child support. | The ''Divorce Act'' and the ''Family Law Act'' both say that stepparents can be required to pay child support. | ||
Under the ''Divorce Act'', this means someone who married a parent. Under the ''Family Law Act'', this means the guardian of child and and a person who was the married spouse or unmarried spouse of parent and contributed to the support of the parent's child for at least one year. | Under the ''Divorce Act'', this means someone who married a parent. Under the ''Family Law Act'', this means the guardian of a child and and a person who was the married spouse or unmarried spouse of a parent and contributed to the support of the parent's child for at least one year. | ||
The nice thing about being a stepparent is that the other biological parent's obligation to pay child support can be taken into <span class="noglossary">account</span> when the amount of the stepparent's child support payments is being figured out, which usually means that support <span class="noglossary">will</span> be paid in an amount less than what the Child Support Guidelines require. | The nice thing about being a stepparent is that the other biological parent's obligation to pay child support can be taken into <span class="noglossary">account</span> when the amount of the stepparent's child support payments is being figured out, which usually means that support <span class="noglossary">will</span> be paid in an amount less than what the Child Support Guidelines require. | ||
