an individual who is currently legally married to a child's natural or adoptive parent but has no biological or adoptive parental relationship to the child.
the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
a live-in or visited adult who volunteers part-time or full-time guidance, protection, nurturance, transportation, (often), shelter, and maybe financial support, for the minor or grown biokid/s of their primary partner
an adult who (a) chooses a single parent as their primary partner, and (b) wants to - and/or is expected to - accept responsibility for co-nurturing their partner's child/ren (stepchildren) from a prior relationship
an adult who chooses to provide part-time or full-time nurturing to one or more biological or adopted kids of her or his live-in or legal partner
a person married to a man or woman who has a child
a person who is married to the biological or adoptive parent of the child who is the subject of the custody issue
The husband or wife, by a subsequent marriage, of the child's mother or father.
A spouse of a biological parent who has no legal rights or duties to the child other than those which have been voluntarily accepted.
The spouse of a child's birth parent. A stepparent may become an adoptive parent by legally adopting the child.