| I recently backed out of an Adoption with my niece and twin nephews and have requested Guandianship I really dont want them to think that I would ever do like there parents and let them down I am the paternal aunt and want to be seen in there eyes that way, Me personally I think you have nothing to worrie about if your sister gets her life straight then great but in the mean time life goes on regarless if she cant see how blessed she is to have her daughter remain with family rather then placed in a foster home where she can get bounced around from place to place. ↑ |
| I have temp cusody of niece and nephew . HOW DID YOU GET PERM CUSTODY? ↑ |
| I am also in the same situation with my great neice on my husbands side, I got guardianship of my 4 year old great neice 2 years ago she is now 6 and we also wanted to adopt her and her mother will sign over her rights because she has no other choice she is 23 and has 2 other daughters and one on the way she is 23 years old and I swear stays on her back more than her feet . anyway she always wants to run the show and stick her nose in where it dont belong she has no job her husband has no job he is 16 years older than her they live with his mom in a 3 bedroom mobile home with 10 people in the home and they think they know whats best for my neice they cant even take care of what they have now much less my neice I feel like im being selfish also because my neice wants to see her mom but really she dont even know her mom because she was with her grandmother before that while the mother was running around but my neice cries and cries and i keep telling myself that she will get over it or she will grow out of it but she hasnt yet. ↑ |
| i'm kinda in the same boat with my great niece. me and my partner took her in when she was only 6 weeks old, she's now five, we have given her mother plenty of chance to bond and see her within the last five years but she as shown no intrest. we haven't had any children of our own and we have brought this child up as our own, we have provide for her loved her and cared for her. now we want to adotpt her but don't know what are rites are... can any one help?? can her real mother decide one day that she wants her back and just walk in and take her away?. please help. ↑ |
| Hello to everyone- I am in desperate need of advice help. My broher and wife have three kids, 2 girls both 5 and 3 and one newborn 2 months. My brother is in jail--broke his probation and my sister in law has them- she lives in bakersfield and we get to pick up the kids every so often to spend time with them- I am a single mom with a 2 year old oy--my mother helps me watch him while I am at work--these kids my nieces and nephew do not live in a stable home---my nieces for over the past 2 years have neen infested with lice and well I;ve called children services and they can't prove they are bad shape--unless scabs--these poor girls are use to the lice and it is disgusting--these girls are not well kept alwasy with clothes that don't fit and do not shower- I believe the 3 year old has speech problems and we've addressed to my sister in law but nothing has been done--it is sad to see these girls in this situation--I just see it as they are not well kept and my sister in law when she works lives them with her older sister or brother of ages 13-14 --What can I do===how do I begin? ↑ |
| I have the exact same situation. My niece was 10mos old when we went through a horrible 8mos of CPS and court dates. We were granted perm gaurdianship but my sister will not sign over rights. She is now getting smarter with playing the systenm and is going to classes to get her GED (unsure if she can pass it really) and now is on methedone througha drug treatment center (in order to legally be on the drug) and is attempting to apply for disability (in order to pay for the drug and get her child back with disability check) She still had no stable home. We are very concerned the courts will side with mother. Please post answer or post an email in order to discuss what changes have taken place with you since 2006. ↑ |
| i know exactly what your goimgthrough i have physical custody of my niece who will be 2 in dec my sister got her taken away from dcs and it took my husband and i 3 weeks and becoming a liscensed foster parent to get my nice ( a week before her ist bday and now her paernts are loosing there rights this month and we are asopting the only thing i would suggest is that u contact ur local dcs and they will assist u in adopting or at least an atty for some abandon issues and pursue an adoption in most cases u will win based on the bio parents status... drugs housing all that hang in there explaining it to ur frieds and family is the easiest part dealing with her bio mom .. ur bloode the hardest part! also the bio parents will have to prove to the judge that being taken from that its in the best interest of the child that she be removed from ur custody and be placed with her bios and the stateiwll most likely favor ur case cll ur dcs adn ask for help become a foster parent and u nwill learn alll sorts of new things and theywill also help with the cost of ahving another child in ur home! i really hope that ths helps ↑ |
Cari,
I saw this posting and see that it's several years old...However, how did this end up? Im going thru a similar situation but am trying toget legal custody of the child. How did you get legal custody until the child was 18? ↑ |
| I have been trying to find a place to talk about what I am going thru. I've had my niece since she was 6 months old, she will be 2 in December. Her natural parents just signed off (gave up their parental rights) We will be adopting her. my questions are: do we change her last name? how do we handle that we are not her "natural parents" when she is ready for that? ↑ |
