Talmud for Nedarim 10:2

מֵת הָאָב, לֹא נִתְרוֹקְנָה רְשׁוּת לַבָּעַל. מֵת הַבַּעַל, נִתְרוֹקְנָה רְשׁוּת לָאָב. בָּזֶה יָפֶה כֹחַ הָאָב מִכֹּחַ הַבָּעַל. בְּדָבָר אַחֵר יָפֶה כֹחַ הַבַּעַל מִכֹּחַ הָאָב, שֶׁהַבַּעַל מֵפֵר בְּבֶגֶר, וְהָאָב אֵינוֹ מֵפֵר בְּבָגֶר:

If the father died, permission is not "emptied out" to the husband, [for the husband cannot annul his wife's vows until she is married to him.] If the husband died, permission is emptied out to the father [and he annuls her vows all the days of her maidenhood, it being written (Numbers 30:17): "…in her maidenhood, the house of her father." In this, the power of the father is superior to the power of the husband. In a different respect, the power of the husband is superior to the power of the father. For the husband annuls when she is a bogereth, but the father does not annul when she is a bogereth, [it being written (Ibid. 4): "…in the house of her father, in her maidenhood."]

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