- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
My brother, who had primary custody of my niece passed away 2 weeks ago. My nieces mother has been with her apx 3 days Over the past 3+ years. She was born and addict, her mother has spent time in jail related to drug selling and possession. The mother lives in a house with her parents, boyfriend, brother and his girlfriend where no one works, most have Crimson records and all collect off the state. We have reason to believe that the mother is using again and a 51a has been filed. My 65 your old mother that resides in MA has emergency custody it il DCF completes the investigation. If the mother is found to be unfit, do I have any legal rights to obtain custody where I live in CT? I have always been a part of her life, as has my husband of 14 years. We have 3 daughters ourselves around the sa,e age as my niece. My mom has been told by her lawyer that unless the biological mother goes to jail that I could not obtain custody because I am out of state (even though I am only 1.5 hrs away. Any help would be great