There are steps blended families can take to overcome challenges

By LegalMatters Staff • The way society looks at families has changed, and the once “nuclear” family of children with two biological parents is no longer the tradition as dynamics and relationships evolve.

We now have single-parent families, adoptive/foster families, same-sex parent families and couples with children who cohabitate but never marry. There are cross-generational families where children live with their parents in their grandparents’ homes and children who reside with their grandparents as parents.

There is also the blended family, or a stepfamily, a union formed when two people decide to live together and include the children from a previous relationship. For more, click here.