Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
does my sons stepmother have legal rights to him? Can she cut his hair? do anything like that without my permission? she says she does since marrying his father but i dont feel comfortable with her doing anything like that without asking me since i am the custodial parent and was told by the mediator at court that his father wasnt allowed to cut his hair piercings or tattoos that is my job and my job alone but his wife is cutting our sons hair herself and not at a salon she is doing it at home its in our papers that he was supposed to inform me of her and he didnt for 2 months and she was pregnant and them living together which is now water under the bridge but what can i do as a mother and the custodial parent to prevent this from happening again i live with my parents and do not currently work and his wife has verbally abused me 2 times over the phone and i have to go through her to talk to my sons father regarding our son i dont think its her business to know such matters as well as my sons personal info for her medical when she gave birth to there son plz help me
1 Answer from Attorneys
Step-parents are not parents. They are not supposed to cut the child's hair. This is a common problem. I just did a mediation less than 2 weeks ago where this was a problem.
What can you do about it? Talk to his father.
Apparently this has not worked.
You can send the father a certified letter, return receipt requested putting them on notice in writing that she is not to cut his hair again.
But if she cuts his hair again, you are going to need to retain the services of an attorney and go back to court.
So, you need to start savings your money to hire an attorney to go back to court.
You also need to document all the other problems that you are having with your ex-husband and his wife.
You need witnesses that are willing to come to court to testify about the problems that you are having with them too.
Since you are looking at spending thousands of dollars in legal fees, I would definitely want to go to court over more than just hair cuts. The judge is just not going to get upset about cutting a kid's hair so you are going to keep more than that to get a judge on your side.
Good luck!
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