List 3 ways stepparents with stepchildren have similar concerns and legal issues as grandparents raising their grandchildren.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary, but can include any of the following:
? Both are a growing and there is no all-inclusive statues that addresses the many issues surrounding these types of families.
? Both the grandchildren and the stepchild have no right of inheritance when the stepparent or grandparent dies.
? Solutions to the problems of inheritance include: equitable adoption, executing a will or inter vivos trust, transferring property under the UTMA, actual adoption of the child, and changing the definition of “child” in intestate succession statues.
? Some form of inheritance may success if the child can show the grandparent or stepparent was in loco parentis.
? Executing a will or trust is the surest way to provide for the child.
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