Another thread has prompted me to post this. When I got together with my now dh he had an 9 year old son. We have since gone on to have 2 children of our own. Whilst my step sons mother pays for the majority of his needs, when he stays with us in the hoildays all activities, food, treats etc for him come out of our joint account, as they do for my dc. We also often buy him clothes when he's here, again from the joint account. I have no issues with this, when here he is as much my child as my other 2 children. Dh does pay the maintenance but then he does earn about 70% more than me, if my income was to increase I would be happy for the maintenance to come from the joint account. We have recently done our will to which it went without saying that any money / property would be split 3 ways (between step son and my 2 biological children). It's never occurred to me to be any different, I always knew dh came with son so it went without saying that he would be treated as an equal part of our family. However Aibu to think this isn't a common view to take? If its not how do step families split their finances? What do you do about wills?
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Fairyegg · 12/12/2012 21:32
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