stepchild

stepchild
A son or daughter of one's spouse by a former spouse. Re Smith's Estate, 49 Wash 2d 229, 299 P2d 550, 63 ALR2d 299. A son or daughter of one's spouse, born to him or her before the marriage to one, and not one's own child. Not a child within the meaning of a statute providing for inheritance by "children" of the intestate. 23 Am J2d Desc & D § 55. One does not cease to be a stepchild within the meaning of an inheritance tax statute prescribing the rate of taxation on legacies to stepchildren, upon the death of the natural parent, even where there are no surviving issue of the marriage which created the relationship. Re Bordeaux' Estate, 37 Wash 561, 225 P2d 443, 26 ALR2d 249.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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