Setting up family sharing

I am trying to set up family sharing. I put myself as the organizer and tried to add my husband. I get all the way to the share location page, and every time I click next, it asks me to enter my Apple ID. I do this, and it takes me back to the share location page and repeats the process. I can't get past this page in order to complete the process of adding him. Both of our phones are running IOS 8.2. Any suggestions? Thanks!

It is best that everyone have their own Apple ID. Using Family Share will allow you to share purchases.
Is he able to use that iCloud id when logged into the iMac under his own login? If so I could not see a way of doing that.
Yes. Create a user account for him (if you haven't already) then sign in with his Apple ID here:
System Preferences > iCloud
On the iPad how do I change the iCloud id being used?
Settings > iCloud > Delete Account (you will need to disable Find My iPad first) then sign in with his Apple ID

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