Blended Families and Wills in Estate Planning
Today, 16 percent of children in the United States live in “blended” families, according to U.S. Census data. Blended families are households that have a stepparent, stepsibling, or half-sibling. In Pennsylvania, stepchildren do not receive the same treatment as full biological children or adopted children in the case of inheritance, except as regards Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax. Stepchildren