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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is college even an issue?  Both parents pay for college.  Stepparent should not pay for college in less they offer/want to.  That is the parents or child's responsibility (would I help as a stepparent if I could, of course, but it is not my responsibility).[/quote]

It's an issue because the reality is never cut and dry. Most married couples do not maintain completely separate finances. So when it comes time to pay for a child's college, it's hard to say "oh, it will come out of the biological parent's money only." [/quote]

It's also an issue for financial aid - it was for me.  Tax returns for my parents showed my stepdad's income, which prevented me from receiving any need-based money, even though he wasn't paying for my college.[/quote]

This is really serious. I wish all the people who cluelessly say that college is the bio parents responsibility only would consider this. If mom marries a guy who make decent money and she doesn't make a lot - guess what? She just screwed over her kids! Get ready for high interest unsubsidized student loans that. Oils have been avoided if mom hadn't remarried. [/quote]

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