Is a husband obligated to financially support his wife's son from a previous marriage, knowing that the son receives maintenance from his father?
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The maintenance of this child is incumbent upon his father by consensus. You are not legally obligated to spend on him unless you willingly agree to do so, which would be an act of beneficence.
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