This Dissertation aimed to investigate the perception of adolescents in remarried families regarding their stepfather s place in the family s everyday life. Taking into consideration the growing number of remarried families, and given the need to discuss the specific characteristics of this family configuration, a qualitative research was conducted with the participation of eight adolescents between the ages of 14 and 16, living with their mothers and stepfathers for at least four years. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The categories that emerged from the interviews were: members of the remarried family; family everyday life; household chores; autonomy; authority; conflicts; stepfamily; the father; naming and, finally, expectations regarding the stepfather. It was verified that an important factor for defining the family members is the time spent living together. Also, one of the possible specificities of remarried families is the limited family time, since the teenagers divide their time amongst the many family households that they visit often. Traditional gender roles still remain present, as the mothers were said to be the ones that take care of house chores. The adolescents that participated in this study seem to display autonomy, given that seen as they can do most things on their own as long as their parents are aware. An example of this autonomy is the decision to visit their father s house, which remains theirs. As for the exercise of authority in the families, the teenagers recognize their mothers as their main authority figure, followed by their fathers, in some cases, or their stepfathers, in other cases, which demonstrates a bigger participation of the fathers in their children s education after divorce and remarriage. As for the stepfathers, living together was shown to be an important factor so that the adolescents acknowledge their authority. However, the kind of relationship that they build seems to be essential for the teenagers to accept or reject the establishment and enforcement of rules by them. The families seem to deal with hierarchy in a democratic way, where the adolescents participate on the establishment of rules and allow themselves to question the decisions made mostly by their mothers, which sometimes results in conflicts between them. Conflicts may also occur between the stepfathers and their stepchildren if he tries to set rules or administer discipline without being recognized as an authority figure by his stepchild as it seems that stepfather authority is gained over time, according to the kind of relationship that is established between him and his stepchild. Regarding the stepfather s place in the family dynamics, the teenagers consider that they should be like a father to them in their household, acting as fathers and treating them as their own children. However, as much as the young participants expect their stepfathers to treat them as fathers, they don t seem to wish for a substitution of their father s place and save the word dad to be used only with their fathers, choosing to refer to their mother s husband as their stepfather, and don t seem to see a problem in using this word. The presence of their biological fathers seems to be an important factor for not calling their stepfathers dad. The words used to refer to half-siblings are the same as the ones used with biological siblings, and step-siblings are referred to according to the strength of the bond that exists between them. The adolescents families seem to function by a logic that doesn t put aside the biological father. As for the stepfather s place in the family and his roles, they are built in order to add to the family, and not as a substitute for the father.