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CHILD SUPPORT BY ESTOPPEL | STEPPARENT SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS

The Court of Appeals in K.A.T. v. C.A.B, addressed child support obligations for stepparents and the legal parameters thereof. K.A.T., contested an order for child support arguing that the trial judge erred in holding him equitably estopped from denying that he was the father of the child, and thus obligated to pay child support. Factually, the mother began dating K.A.T. who was not the biological father shortly before the child’s birth and the child called K.A.T. “daddy,” and K.A.T. referred to her as his daughter when in the company of others.  Moreover, the putative father regularly went on outings with
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