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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]OP here. To answer a few questions:[/b]

1. Bio dad is a deadbeat. Doesn't pay child support, if he does it's hit or miss and peanuts.

[b]2. Step-dad does claim them on taxes, thus has received tax credits for 10-plus years.[/b]

3. Will step-dad pay for college for his own kids? His kids are 10 years younger than the step-kids, so easy for him to [i]claim[/i] he won't.[/quote]

And? By your own admission he's the only person supporting these children. He absolutely should be taking the tax deduction based on everyone he is supporting.

[b]If you think a parent is obligated to pay for college, then your issue should be with their mother and bio father.[/b] Not the man who has financially provided for them all these years and still has to financially provide for an adult woman and other minor children. He is supporting at least 6 people, including himself, on a 100k salary. Where do you think this money for college is going to come from? [/quote]

I agree.   Maybe they've been round and round on this, and this is what they've decided together.  I wouldn't put it all on the step dad.

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