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Because the parent is not Jewish, there is no chiyuv (requirement) for you to sit shiva for them. That being said, there is a kibud av v'em (honor for father and mother) issue which must be contemplated when dealing with sitting shiva for a non-Jewish parent. Basically, there is a concern that the person would not be showing proper respect to his deceased ...

My answer to this would be the same as I wrote to an earlier question about whether a convert can say kaddish for his birth-parents, with a minor caveat since you're speaking about an individual who has one parent who is Jewish and another who is not. In the case where the mother is Jewish, there is no question that the child says kaddish and sits shiva for ...