Adopting my grandson, who lives in another state. I need legal advise can anyone help me?

Question

My daughter wants me to adopt her son, a dna test showed that her boyfriend is not the father. His mother has been awarded temporay custody until later this month. My exhusband remarried and petitioned the court to be a foster parent so he would have state funding. My daughter wants me to adopt my grandson who is now 1 year old, and I need legal counsel to assist me, I dont have much money. But work very hard and I want to do this. They reside in another state, do I get legal help here or there? Would legal aid in that state help me? I have two weeks before court date, any advise?

Answer 1

Go to a lawyer. None of these people on this site are qualified.

Answer 2

From experience, you will need to find a lawyer in YOUR state. That's all I can help with.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I am not a lawyer, but I've seen similiar cases...

First off,  you need to have a Home Study done, by someone

from the local DHS Office nearest you. (This is a require-

ment anyway, for when anyone is bringing a child into their

home, by court action.) This will be one step, ahead, for you.

Another thing. Who is the father of the baby? I would think

that the birth father, could have something to say about the

situation, too, and if he doesn't, then the birth father's parents

are next in line, to petition the court for any "physical"

connections to the child, too. They have the ''same Rights"

to the child, as you do.

Since you do work, and the child is still at the age to require,

a personal babysitter, then YOU WILL NEED DOCUMENTS

OF PROOF THAT YOU HAVE A COMPETENT SITTER,

or daycare for the child.

FOSTER CARE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TEMPORARY

PLACEMENT, but your ex-husband, does have the right

to file for custody, since he is grandfather to the child, too.

You might check out the Resources, with a local Legal Aid

Office, near you..and another thing, you can go to the court

house, court clerk's office, and ask  if you can file a request

for a Court Appointed Attorney. (I don't know a lot about that

type of service, but I know it's been done at  times, by the

courthouse).

When any case on a child, goes into the court system,  the

decision of the welfare of that child, then becomes the re-

sponsibility of the Court System, and the Final Decision

is made, by the Judge, of that particular court.

Some Court Systems, have Friends of the Court...which is

an advocacy service...and  some places have CASA, which

is a child advocacy service, for the child.

Legal Aid Offices can be found in many locations. You would

probably have to go thru an office nearest you.

Generally,  if no one had brought the case before the judge

your daughter could have allowed you to have the child, with

you, with only a written agreement, signed by both of you

before a Notary Public.

You may address the court, by written statement, and taking

the letter to the court clerk's office, or judge's office, and ask

for a postponement, of the case, until all parties, have had a

chance, to have Legal Representation. This is done, in many

court cases, over and over...

You will need documents to proof your residence, your own

income, and it wouldn't hurt anything, if you presented, a

statement from your medical doctor, and also get an eval-

uation, from a Mental Health Agency, as to your Ability to

Care for the child.

Everything that is done, on behalf of any child, brought before

the court system, IS SUPPOSED TO BE  DONE  ''IN THE

BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD", and not for the conven-

ience of any of the Adults, involved in a case.

If the names of the Paternal Grandparents,  are known, then

they have a right to also, petition the court for Custody or

Guardianship.

If they are Known, and are still living, then the court needs to

know this fact, so that there is no further court actions, on

their part, at a later date.

Hope this helps. TF

Answer 4

You're going to need a lawyer any which way you look at this.

Try going to www.lawyers.com and click on community and finally message boards.  You can post your question there under the family/adoption section.  Actual lawyers answer those questions.

Good luck!

Answer 5

oh that poor kid.  leave him in one spot for stability.  why on earth doesn't your daughter have him?  she had him it's her responsibility.

Answer 6

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Good luck