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stepchild

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A quick definition of stepchild:

A stepchild is a child that your spouse had before you got married or legally adopted before you became their parent. If you adopt them, they become your child just like if you had them biologically. In some places, stepchildren have the same rights and responsibilities as biological children, but this can vary depending on the law. For example, if you want to leave property to your children in your will, the law might decide if stepchildren count as children. If you want to claim your stepchild as a dependent on your taxes, they usually have to live with you for more than six months and be younger than you.

A more thorough explanation:

A stepchild is a child who is the biological or legally adopted child of your spouse from a previous relationship. If you have not legally adopted the child, they are still considered your stepchild. However, if you do legally adopt the child, they become your legal child and have the same rights as if they were biologically related to you.

  • If your spouse has a child from a previous marriage, that child is your stepchild.
  • If you legally adopt your stepchild, they become your legal child.

The relationship between a stepchild and stepparent has different implications in different areas of law. For example:

If you leave property to your children in your will, state law will determine whether a stepchild qualifies as a child when used generally in a will and whether it means only biological children.

In order for a stepchild to be able to immigrate as a "child," the marriage creating the stepchild/stepparent relationship must have happened before the stepchild was 18 years of age.

If you want to claim your stepchild as a dependent on your tax returns, the IRS states that your stepchild must live with you for more than six months of the calendar year, and the child has to be younger than you are unless the child has a permanent disability.

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KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
13:03
thats awesome. agree with everything you said! its cool. i was a UPS driver and became a shop-steward at my building. then became an organizer in our amazon division. so ive mostly worked with truck drivers and warehouse workers. its extremely important work! also very difficult. these companies are very powerful and break the law A LOT
KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
13:04
do you know where you want to end up living?
soapy
13:04
oh that's cool! UPS made some big wins recently, yeah? are there any challenges you've found working w the Amazon division? i've heard some horror stories abt the things Amazon does to suppress worker rights and I wonder if that spills over to UPS
soapy
13:05
I'm pretty open to anywhere! Hbu?
13:06
i'm still not sure bunny they gave me the accomodation to take it at home on nov 11
13:06
ive been procrastinating tbh i need to get to work
KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
13:06
we had a big contract campaign in 2023. i was very involved in that. was an exciting moment. there are a million challenges. to keep it simple: the turnover rate combined with amazon's willingness to illegally retaliate against workers for organizing makes organizing feel like building a house of cards
13:06
cuz i lowkey just dont wanna retake
soapy
13:09
When the fees for illegal retaliation are low enough, and when any punishment takes years to enstate, many companies just see those fines as the cost of doing business. Amazon is for sure like that
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13:25
yooo we are talking about unions
13:25
im on a first contract campaign rn and when we win i pretty much am a shoe-in for shop steward
13:26
i did say id rather someone else do it bc i'm leaving for law school but theyre like Can You Do It Until You Leave and im like Ok Fine
for big law purposes i want to do biotech law, most likely either patent or ip
and later in life and/or ideally something in healthcare accessibility
reallt two can go hand in hand, especially working for companies such as pfizer which is one of the few companies that actually work towards access like suspending patents and funding manufacturing costs
but overall tbh, will have to shell out first (that sent, so early my bad)
but especially with the advent of technologies such as AI there will be massive ethical and legal issues in their development and implementation, so hopefully i'll be able to work in that field in a way that takes these considerations into account
14:08
i want to do that too
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Is BSaners right? Do we live in an oligarcy disguised as a 'democracy
14:11
yes
14:11
ofc
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soapy
14:47
my mail in ballot was finally recieved!
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15:13
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15:21
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