Re: Help with grandparent boundaries / legal action
In my opinion, first you need to establish as the child's sole responsible and custodial parent. I would get legal help for myself first, in this position, just as soon as possible. I would seek a family law advocate (usually US county's have family law legal aid offices that can point you in the right direction.)
I personally would not leave my child in my parent's OR the father's custody even one day until my own legal parental custody is clearly defined and respected by everyone. I would keep my child with me and would not leave her one day until the case is settled by law.
That said, I suggest that you put in an urgent call to your doctor that diagnosed your PTSD and ask how you can get a legal advocate to help you protect your legal custodial parent position.
I am assuming you are about 24 or 25 now? If you do not personally have a legal advocate don't depend on this from the father or from your parents. They all are struggling for custody of your child. You and your child need your own legal advocate. Family court is there to help you protect your parental position with your daughter...not her father's and not your parents'. They are looking out for themselves.
But you have to be strong and stand up for your own rights. Parents by law are in first custodial position and so it's up to you to first get legal help, then be kind but firm in your own position.
Because you have no legal relationship with the child's father I would not depend on either my child's father or my parents to honor my own parental rights, no matter how nice any of them seems to be right now.
Once your own rights are clearly established that YOU decide for your daughter, then you can decide where and when others may share in her life.
Hugs,
__________________
~ YaYa ~
Last edited by Administrator; 01-08-2019 at 07:01 PM.
|