My sister in law currently has three children. The oldest two 7 and 5 currently live with thier grandmother (the fathers mother) and I believe that the grandmother has custody of those two since I keep hearing of my sis-in-law having to pay her child support. Now the third child is like 18 months old, and he gets passed around more than a hot potato. My wife is not happy about this, and would like to have the child here on a permanent basis. Now assuming that the mother would give up custody would their be a big legal battle or a big wait time for the paperwork to come through. I do not want to make it hard on the mother to see her child, (dont want the father around PERIOD), but I think it is best that we step in here for the best interest of the child. He already stays here for days on end, and gets along great with my two boys (7 and 3).
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army judge
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You will need the mother's and the father's permission.
If you get that, it's a piece of cake.
If one wants to fight you, it'll take a long, long time.
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If you get that, it's a piece of cake.
If one wants to fight you, it'll take a long, long time.
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Army Judge, Thanks for the quick response. Can you please further define piece of cake, I have never done this before, and would like to know what proper steps to take. What about child support? Becuase right now, I think the grandmother gets child support and some assistance from the state for the other two other wise she would not be able to do it. I myself do not have the finances for childcare for an additional kid, but would be willing to sacrifice in order to see this kid have a decent upbringinng.
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If BOTH parents agree, it's a relatively simple process though I'd still recommend getting an attorney just to make sure everything is done right.
If one parent doesn't agree, then you have a long, uphill battle ahead of you. If you do get custody you would be entitled to file for child support.
By all means run the situation by an attorney anyway.
ok that sounds good. Is there some kind of manual for doing this, I know that sounds silly, but I am new to all this, and just want to have all my ducks in a row? I think that the father is a complete deadbeat and to find him it might be easier to look for him at the city jail first, but the mother is like not really a mother type and she is just not able (mentally) to do this. I would allow visitation, but other than that I just see this situation getting worse and worse as time goes by.
army judge
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The easiest way to get them to sign away their rights is to forget about child support.
Do you think a jailbird and someone with mental health issues is gonna pay you anyway?
Make them a deal, and agree to take care of the kid, if they give up their rights.
By the way, you don't want either of them visiting that kid.
You want both of them as far away from your family as you can get.
I'll see if I can't get you some research sites later this evening when I get home.
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Do you think a jailbird and someone with mental health issues is gonna pay you anyway?
Make them a deal, and agree to take care of the kid, if they give up their rights.
By the way, you don't want either of them visiting that kid.
You want both of them as far away from your family as you can get.
I'll see if I can't get you some research sites later this evening when I get home.
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