Angry_Stepmom
New Member
I need some advice. My brother has joint custody of his three year old daughter with his ex. My niece's mother has a night job and my husband and I keep my niece at night. She often forgets to come get her and will show up hours later with some elaborate excuse. She's been dating an 18 year old guy (the ex is 27) and told me yesterday that the boyfriend doesn't want his parents to know about the girls ( the ex also has a 6 year old daughter). She acts likes she's ashamed of them and this is very disturbing to me. She has been very neglectful in the past and can be violent. I really want to report her; I'm scared to death for the safety of the girls. I'm torn because if I do, the ex will freak out and keep the girls from us and then we won't know what's going on with them or if they're okay. She held a grudge against me for over a year when my niece was a baby because of heresay. I can only imagine what she'll do if she gets CPS called on her. The school also called my brother today because his ex had forgotten to come get their daughter from school. How can we prove that my niece is being neglected to where she can be taken out of her mother's home; she isn't safe. Please help.