long story short... I gave my mother temporary guardianship when my son was 8 months old. I did this because I had some rather severe issues with post partum depression. The guardianship was only supposed to last for two years. During that two years my mother and I constantly fought over things. She would let me move in with her to be close to my son on a daily basis and be involved in his many doctors and therapy appointments as he was developmentally behind his peers. there were thoughts that he could be autistic at the time. once I would get close to my son and he would get used to me being there every day then she would find some reason to kick me out of her house. knowing that I didn't have a stable place to go at the time and claim that I was causing more issues with my son than helping. Which was not true. She did this multiple times over the course of those two years. When we went to court for the guardianship to be terminated The judge didn't let anyone but her talk because she was the one that had filed for the hearing. During that time they assigned a guardian ad lidum to the case. She continued to go through and interview everyone in my sons life. she went to everyones house and made assessments but she did not come to mine. she only contacted me by phone and did only one phone interview with me. I do agree that at that time I did not have the resources available to have him. And because of that Full custody was awarded to her. She is in charge of when and where and how long I can see him. I know I still have my parental rights, and have paid child support for him since that court date. this was a little after his 2nd birthday. Since then I have always been in a safe house that he would have his own room in, I have kept full time employment with the exception of a small time period. I have had all reliable means of transportation. For about a year I lived in her house with my son and her new husband. and she asked me to lie and say that her address was only a mailing address, which can make me look bad in future court dates. He is almost 5 in april. This last time I lived with her was this last year 2012-2013 and then she just decided one day that it was time for me to move out. I then again made sure that I found adequate housing that was safe for him to be at. in June of 2013 I met my now fiancé. I have since been living in his house where my son has his own room, toys, and we both make enough to make sure he would have plenty to eat and a good bed to sleep on. I have offered many times to help with transportation to and from day care. Ive asked to participate in school functions that his pre school has held. I have offered to give her a break, ive offered to help while she had surgery even. All attempts were turned down and she would ask another relative to help. I guess my questions are what are my rights as his mother even though im not his custodial parent, and also what should my next steps should be towards A: getting more visitations and rights towards him acknowledged and B: what are my next steps towards getting full custody back from her??