Should a stepmother be called Mum.
March 8, 2010 by John Faulkner · 1 Comment
Filed under: In the news, Stepchildren, Stepfamily, StepfamilyProblems, Stepmothers
Filed under: In the news, Stepchildren, Stepfamily, StepfamilyProblems, Stepmothers
* Argument over stepmum’s title goes to court
* Couple split when baby is four months old
* Mother argues dad “attempting to replace her”
AN Adelaide mother went to court to prevent her daughter from referring to her ex-husband’s new wife as “Mum” or “Mummy” or “my other Mummy”.
‘The woman, who cannot be named, argued that her ex-husband was deliberately undermining her role as their child’s mother, by encouraging his new wife to answer to the terms “Mum” and “Mummy” and “Mummy-D” (D being the first letter of the stepmother’s first name.)
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