Stopping Kaddish in the 12th Month When a New Mourning Begins
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Question
Someone who is mourning the passing of his mother, and after a few months his father passes away, should he stop saying Kaddish in the 12th month for his mother?
Answer
There is no need to stop saying Kaddish, and one should say Kaddish until 11 months from the burial of his father.
Source
The Rema writes in Siman 376, paragraph 4: "It is customary not to say Kaddish and prayer for more than 11 months, so as not to make one's father and mother wicked, for the judgment of the wicked is 12 months." Here, they will not say that his mother is wicked, since they know that his father passed away and he is saying Kaddish for him.