ABSTRACT
“When a man marries a woman with minor children to whom she has certain obligations, what are the relative rights and obligations of all parties involved? The children? Stepchildren? The new married partners? The children of the new marriage? The non-custodial parent of the children of remarriage?” Marie Kargman raised these questions in 1969 (p. 174) but provided no answers. Twenty-four years later there are still few answers and a great deal of confusion over the issues of stepfamily member rights and obligations.
