I have guandianship of my grandaughter since 2009, can the mom get her back.?
My daughter signed over guardianship of her child in 2009, to me. The child is now 5. I have provided medical, a roof, food, I have an awesome job. I let her visit her mom on occassion in the past but stopped due to the following reasons. One time the child burnt her foot severly on charcole outside her apartment complex, and the mom took her to the doctor, the child had third degree burns. The last straw was when my grandaughter told her teacher that her step dad sexually abused her. I took her to the dr, it panned out, but no charges occured. Now my daughter wants her back and is making false allegations on me like, I drive around with no car seat, and I let the kid walk around the neighborhood unsupervised, I have no food in the home and feed her only fast foods. All of this is false information she put in her motion. She is trying to lie and turn the tables making me unfit. Will the court even listen to this joke? She was supposed to go to councelling classes in 2009 ordered by child protective services and never went. CPS strongly advised me to just have her vist the child, not let her take the child. But now I get this motion she wants her back. Can she get her back through just lying and I have all facts and documentation? If she gets her back the child will be in grave danger w/her new husband.
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unfortantly if she DID NOT sign away her rights,then she always can try to come back to get her back,but if shes got a criminal past,or mental issues or drug abbuse ect then you can hold that against her,they try to leave the child with who is best fit to take care of her,but at the same time they dont believe in stripping away the mother from child.the only way you can make sure is try to get her rights taken away or get her to sign them away to you for good.i know she left you gaurdianship but unless she signed a paper that says "i give away all rights" then you might wanna ask your lawyer.she should stay with the person who has take care of her all this time and been there for her
My nan was my guardian as my mum was useless,even if she wanted her back and changed her life the courts would turn her down as they don't see a reason to move a happy child whatever the mother feels(its whatever is in the childs best interests).if ur child actually wanted to live with its mother it would be a lot harder for u to keep her.at the most the court would give her access.try not to worry,they would have to prove beyond a doubt that she wouldn't be better off with u which is unlikely as she's been with you for that long.x