Joint Accounts

How Much Should I Chip in to Raise My Partner’s Child?

Figuring out how to split expenses when a kid is involved

Kristin Wong
Published in
4 min readJul 1, 2019

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Illustration: Laurie Rollitt

Dear Joint Accounts,

I’ve recently moved in with my partner of 18 months, and we’re going through the process of figuring out which costs are shared. For the moment, we think the best solution is to…

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Kristin Wong
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Kristin Wong has written for the New York Times, The Cut, Catapult, The Atlantic and ELLE.