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H and W were divorced in 1986, and they stipulated that H would pay $35 per week for each of their two children. H remarried in 1987 and established a new home. W filed a petition for modification of child support. The trial court found no duty by H to support his stepson, but it nonetheless ordered H to pay less than what was required under the guidelines. W appealed.

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