Quote Originally Posted by apples and bananas View Post
Does anyone know if my step children count towards my numbers or not? I believe they do because they're not legally mine... however... what if dad's home with them?
This is a grey area and you will likely get 100 different answers depending on peoples experience with different agencies and government employees and their interpretation of 'common parentage'.

My step son was counted in my ratios until he turned 10 because according to my home inspector he was not of common parentage to ME and I was the one providing 'daycare' and his father even while home as the custodial parent was irrelevant because under the DNA I could only have 5 children in attendance regardless of the number of adults present ~ so he put me 'over' as a result ... now had my SPOUSE been doing childcare he would not have counted in ratio at all because your own children stop counting once they turn 10

It was a very STUPID interpretation IMO and well that is the problem with the DNA as it is currently written ~ there is no LOGIC to some of their stupid rules!