Help My daughter who is self admitted she is hooked on CRACK has brought her daughter to live with me. The child's father is angry that my daughter is nowhere around. She lives in Tucson and keeps saying she is coming to Ohio but she never does.
She does not take phone calls and does not phone her daughter.
I AM SO ANGRY WITH MY DAUGHTER I COULD SCREAM. I AM SO AFRAID THE FATHER WILL TAKE HER AWAY IF HE FINDS OUT THE REAL TRUTH THAT I COULD SCREAM.
What do I do? How can I force my daughter to come to Ohio and be with her daughter before this man finds out and files for custody.
perhaps you could apply for joint custody-you and the father if you feel that your daughter cannot care for your grand daughter. that way you would still get to see her and so would her father. perhaps your daughter needs to go to rehab or some similar program-if the courts see that she is trying to recover and get help they will be a lot more forgiving with regards to custody i would imagine.
You need to seek professional legal advice to try and gain custody. I feel there really is no other way. Does the child's father live near you? Would he make a good father to your granddaughter? I understand that you would rather have your granddaughter with you but the courts will look to see who is the most suitable individual to look after her. Begin making a case for yourself by writing a diary and showing what you do for your granddaughter, times and places of trips out etc. Photographic evidence to back it up will help. Also try to detail any episodes when she has seen or been contacted by her father this will help to ascertain suitability. I wish you the very best of luck, keep trying to contact your daughter.
