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→Who is required to pay child support?
#the claim for child support is made within one year of the stepparent's last contribution to the child’s expenses and other needs.
Under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', a stepparent is someone who is married to a parent and "stands in the place of a parent" to the child. This is a much different legal test. The test under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' looks at the fact of a stepparent's contributions and the date of their last contribution. The ''Divorce Act'' looks at the nature of the relationship between the stepparent and the child.
===How is the amount of child support calculated?===