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After a fall shatters his ankle, his stepchildren dump him with his daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

You do not need to give your stepchildren a full accounting of your estate plan.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Dwana is also buried there, as are Pauline’s children, Pusser’s stepchildren, who were cremated but whose ashes lie in the Pusser plot.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

He is survived by his daughter, Victoria, from his first marriage; four stepchildren from his fourth marriage, all of whom called him Dad; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

He carefully designated thirty for his stepchildren and twenty-one for his wife.

From Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Jester, Annie Lash