What Qualifies as a Step Child? - Your Law Firm Legally speaking, a stepchild is a child who is not biologically related to one parent but is legally recognized due to the marriage or civil partnership of their biological parent to the step-parent
stepchild | Wex | US Law | LII Legal Information Institute A stepchild is a child born to or legally adopted by your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted If you legally adopt the child, your parent-child relationship is the same as if the child were biologically related to you
Stepchild - Wikipedia A stepchild is the offspring of one's spouse, but not one's own offspring, either biologically or through adoption Stepchildren can come into a family in a variety of ways
Stepchild Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary stepchild (noun) stepchild ˈ stɛpˌtʃajəld noun plural stepchildren Britannica Dictionary definition of STEPCHILD [count] 1 : your wife's or husband's child by a past marriage or relationship : a stepson or stepdaughter