{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-205.22","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 4-205.22","heading":"Availability of stepparent.","body":"(a)\nA stepparent is not required by the law of the District to support his or her stepchildren, but is legally responsible for the support of his or her spouse.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nWhen a child lives with a parent and a stepparent, the income of the stepparent shall be considered as available to the family in computing eligibility for public assistance according to the requirements of this subsection. When the child lives with a parent and another person, not a stepparent, who is maintaining a home with the parent, the financial resources of that person shall be considered to the extent to which that person is contributing to the support of the parent and the child.\n(1A)\nIn computing the availability of a stepparent’s income to an assistance unit:\n(A)\nIf the stepparent is included in the assistance unit, and has at least one child in common with another member of the assistance unit, and that child is part of the assistance unit, the family shall be considered to be a two-parent assistance unit and the stepparent’s income shall be treated like a parent’s income;\n(B)\nIf the stepparent is included in the assistance unit, but does not have a child in common with another member of the assistance unit, the stepparent shall be treated as the parent of the dependent child in the assistance unit; and\n(C)\nIf the stepparent is not included in the assistance unit, none of the stepparent’s income shall be considered available to the assistance unit.\n(2)\nIn computing the availability of a deemed parent’s income, the Department shall exclude:\n(A)\nThe first $90 of the total of the deemed parent’s earned income for the month;\n(B)\nAn additional amount for the support of the deemed parent and any other individuals who are living in the home, but whose needs are not taken into account in making the TANF eligibility determination and who are claimed by the deemed parent as dependents for purposes of determining his or her federal personal income tax liability. This disregarded amount shall equal the District’s standard of assistance for a family group of the same composition as the deemed parent and those other individuals described in the preceding sentence; and\n(C)\nRepealed.\n(D)\nPayments by such deemed parent of alimony or child support with respect to individuals not living in the household.\n(3)\nRepealed.\n(4)\nRepealed.\n\n(c)\nRepealed.\n\n(d)\nFor purposes of this section, a “deemed parent” is:\n(1)\nThe natural or adoptive parent of a minor dependent child, if the child is his- or herself the parent of a dependent child, and all three generations live in the same household; or\n(2)\nThe parent of a minor dependent child, if the parent lives in the same household with the dependent child and marries a person who is not the parent of the dependent child, and chooses to be excluded from the dependent child’s assistance unit.","path":["Title 4. Public Care Systems.","Chapter 2. Public Assistance.","Subchapter V. Public Assistance Programs."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/4-205.22","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"550edbd95d41abf6be4fbb19b8972345da5e0315d150d0a6cce69cc7b215c17e","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-205.21","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-205.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}