We cannot pay for the adopted child and leave the stepchild unprovided for.
It is treated as a poor stepchild who may be pushed off with anything.
These fears were particularly strong where there were no children to be relied upon, or when there were stepchildren, or when distant relatives were perceived as hostile.
When seen ' from the top ', the effects may be different, because the parent may acquire stepchildren or new biological children, and may be supported by a wider range of relations.
Six years later a second, mutual will was filed at the court, saying that she and the stepchildren should have one-third of the entire estate if he died first.
Older partners may be unsure about how to relate to married stepchildren and their families, even though they are part and parcel of the relationship with the new partner.
Long-term care facilities perform no better, but as the stepchild of the healthcare "system" their performance has come under less scrutiny.
Defined and valued as a practical art, it existed largely as the stepchild of physics or as handmaiden to medicine, pharmacy, industry, and theology.
