What can i do about this little boy?

Question

my sister who recently turned 35 suffers with depression and just recently emmitted herself back into the hospital because of it. she has an amazing 3 and half year old son who is my world. i think of him as if he was mine. she never pays attention to him and never buys him anything she always spends all her child support money and what not on herself whenever the little boy goes to his dads (every other weekend) she goes out and drinks and parties. and she does that most weekends she has him as well. she never gets home from work till 10 so she just puts him in his room and she goes to bed. at like 3 in the morning and he usually goes to bed for her at 3 as well. then he gets up at 8 and she stays in bed till noon. i'm very very worried about my nephew. she seems as if she doesnt care about him and i'm scared he's going to get taken away and i'm not gunna see him anymore i barely see him now because they live 20 mins away and my sister never feels like coming to see my mother and i. his father is not nice enough to bring him here if my sister were to lose custody of him. is there anything i can do? i'm 16 and i look at this boy as if he was mine. i'm the only one he listens to when it comes to discipline. he rarely listens to my sister. i'm just really worried about his well being.

Answer 1

If you want to do something you can get emancipated and you can fight for custody of him if you really want to. It sounds like his mom should not have him as a child at all.

Answer 2

call cps asap and report them!  

Answer 3

well babe,

you do have to be 18 in order to do this, not just emancipated so don't worry bout all that. but yeah here are ten tips for when your 18 to get custody of him: 10 ways to better your chances of getting custody.

Find an adequate / safe living environment.

Stay in the same school district

Find a job / work schedule that fits the children’s routine.

Avoid co-habitating too soon in a new relationship

Find and keep stability in all aspects of your life.

Hire  a lawyer who knows custody and who you can afford.

Put the children’s needs above the custody fight.

Don’t involve the children in the custody fight.

Facilitate the opposing party’s custody as much as possible.

Know your own limits and needs.

but until then you should ask your mother or someone else to get legaguardianshipip so that he has a stable home. . . . just an idea but how old is your boyfriend??

Answer 4

Sounds to me like more family needs  to be involved.Have you voiced your concerns to your parents?She needs a wake up call.She seems to have had this child at an immature time in her life.You should notify your parents and siblings if any,cousins and aunt or uncles.There should be a family meeting before this child is in danger.If she gets mad and takes him away from the family you need to call dss sorry but when there is a child involved you have to make sacrifices and if she is not willing to i wonder why noone else sees this in your family.Also your at a very young age yourself i hope this does not consume all of you.