- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
Under duress from the maternal grandmother (advising her clinically diagnosed daughter with Cluster B would be able to take the child away, etc...)my son signed guardianship papers in Arizona to the maternal grandmother. The maternal grandmother claimed she "didn't know where any of the child's other relatives were" so I, paternal grandmother, wasn't notified of her petition for guardianship. The maternal grandmother right before she moved to Arizona, avoided all my attempts to contact her. She continued to avoid me and when i showed up in person on her front doorstep in Arizona the door was shut in my face. My son has since gotten himself to a better place and is now living back in Nevada and able to care for his son and is wanting to know how to try and dissolve the guardianship of his son. This maternal grandmother new full well my address in Nevada but lied to the Arizona court so as to not have to notify me of her intentions. She intentionally mislead my son and the courts. I retained an attorney in Arizona for a little while but because all of this happens in juvenille court, not family court, my attorney let alone myself had little or no access to any of these records. My attorney refunded most of my retainer but this was at a time when my son was "missing" and it was me trying to pursue visitation with my grandson alone. Now that his father, my son, is back and stable i don't know how or if he can even request to dissolve the guardianship. The maternal grandmother has been secretive and deceitful the whole time but as long as the child is fed, dressed and has a roof over his head no one seems concerned with the mental health of this guardian or the means in which the guardianship was obtained. Thank you for your time. Robyn S.