Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

You need to make some hard decisions about your son's future. Consult with an attorney to explore all of the available options, and the consequences of each. As his sole parent, you need a modification of the current court order, which either names you as the sole conservator; the primary conservator with possession rights to dad's family; or someone in dad's family as the primary, with you retaining possession rights.

Your son just lost the parent he lived with for the last 11 years. He may be acting out due to his grief.

If he is just been raised with no rules, it might be too late to get custody and try to try to get "control" of him.

I agree wtih Theresa Langford. You probably want to go to court and get primary custody. As his last living parent, you have the legal right to custody. Anyone else would have to prove you an unfit parent to get custody.

You definatley need to consider counseling for this child and for your family.

Good luck!

If he is totally out of control and you can afford it there are some excellent schools in places like ranch or rural settings, they used to be called boarding schoold -- but I think that is an out of date term, for kids that need extra assistance during their teen years.