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Exceptions are made if the birth parent is deceased or in jail and the court finds the stepparent's relationship with the child to be in the child's best interest.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Half of the parents also remarried within five years of divorce, introducing stepparents to children's lives, and adding more dependents to the household as a result.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
This way, parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings can all contribute directly to whoever may need the planning.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Tucci previously opened up about Blunt initially taking on the role of a stepparent to his three oldest children during an August 2017 interview with The Guardian.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Half of the parents also remarried within five years of divorce, introducing stepparents to children's lives, and adding more dependents to the household as a result.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
This way, parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings can all contribute directly to whoever may need the planning.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Tucci previously opened up about Blunt initially taking on the role of a stepparent to his three oldest children during an August 2017 interview with The Guardian.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stepparent. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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stepparent
noun
step·par·ent
ˈstep-ˌpar-ənt 
-ˌper-
: a person who is a stepmother or stepfather
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