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SSA logo: link to Social Security Online home 1714. How Do You Prove a Step-Relationship

You can prove a step-relationship by:

  1. Proving the relationship between the child and the natural (or adopting) parent (see §§1707-1713); and

  2. Proving the marriage between the natural (or adopting) parent and the stepparent (see §1716 and §1717).

Last Revised: March, 2001

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