Should Your Child Refer to Your New Spouse as Mom or Dad?

New Mom, New Dad?

Is it okay for your child to refer to your new spouse as dad or mom? My name is Brian L. Jackson, I’m the Tulsa Fathers’ Rights Attorney here with Dads.Law, where fathers are not disposable.

I want to talk about an issue that comes up somewhat frequently with step-parents and having the child refer to the step-parent, or in some cases not even a step-parent, but maybe a boyfriend or a girlfriend or a fiancé, as mom or dad. Well, and whether or not that’s acceptable. Short answer is, in my experience, the family courts pretty unilaterally don’t like that. And we’ll take that seriously and we’ll see that as attempted alienation against the natural parent.

So, my suggestion to you is do not encourage that behavior. And if you have a young child who starts doing that, I would discourage that behavior. Because if it ever comes out in court, it’ll cause you a serious problem. So, in all seriousness, do not tolerate that. That’s something that needs to be addressed. You shouldn’t be encouraging it. And it is a problem for you if you end up in family court and that comes out in evidence. You do not want to be seen as an alienator.

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