Is a step-parent obligated to pay child support to the child's biological mother?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Elwell v. Sisson, 367 N.Y.S.2d 711, 81 Misc.2d 1070 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1975):
'. . ., the law responsive to what is right, imposes an obligation to support a step-child by the husband. That obligation continues as long as the relationship exists between the stepfather and mother. It ceases and comes to an end when that relationship is terminated and the erstwhile spouse of the child's mother is no longer her husband. It continues only as long as he is the stepfather.' (Peake v. Peake, 205 Misc. 393, at 395, 128 N.Y.S.2d 631, at 632).
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