Q: Can I press charges against my daughter stepmother for threatening my her that she going to punch her teeth out.
My daughter lives with her father he has Primary physical custody I have partial we both have shared legal. My daughter has witness domestic violence in her home her stepmother has been physically beaten her father. Has verbally abused my daughter and threatened to punch her teeth down her throat. My daughter is 13 yrs old. She just told me that her father and stepmother got into a fight and her stepmother beat him with a broom stick. She told my daughter she was taken her to her Aunt's house be instead took her two blocks away from her home told her to get out the truck put the truck in park then got out got into my daughter face and told her what is she going do about it that she going to fight her right there on the street. My daughter lives in Philadelphia pa and I live in Buck county pa
A:
Potentially yes. It also sounds like you have pretty strong grounds to ask the court to grant YOU primary physical custody as well. You could also contact DHS and file a report.
Best of luck to you.
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