754-5          RESOURCES OF STEPPARENTS

The resources of a person who legally marries the natural or adoptive parent of a child are not considered available to the child, even if the child and his stepparent live in the same house or the stepparent has assumed the responsibilities of a natural parent, or he has claimed the child as a deduction or exemption for income tax purposes.

If the stepparent is the spouse of the natural parent, and they are living together, all of their resources are considered available to each other.  (Jointly held liquid resources are discussed separately in sections 752-2 and 752-8.)  If the assistance unit is over resource because of the separate resources of the stepparent, the assistance unit's eligibility should be redetermined leaving out the natural parent and excluding the stepparent's resources.