I posted this over in the AAG section and was told there might be some who can give me some info in here.
Kind of an odd situation. And I'll spare all the details for the sake of boring you guys and respect for the parties involved.
Quick run down. My dad is getting divorced from his current wife. They have sister who is 14. Now, more then likely my dad's wife will try to keep custody of my sister. Problem is - the woman is borderline crazy and can say some pretty ugly things and treat people like total crap when she isn't happy. She is the main reason I moved out of my dad's house when I was younger - I was suicidal and just could not take her any more. Now my sister has a slight learning disability (was malnourished as a child when she was in an orphanage) and needs a bit of attention when it comes to her school work.
Because of the two issues and lack of a being a truly fit mother and the attention needed for her schooling - my wife and I have talked to my dad about taking custody of her (if all parties are open to this) so that she can get out of a hostel environment and get the attention for her school that she needs (my wife is about to graduate with her degree in early childhood development). I ran this by my dad and he said he would ask his wife - but he has not mentioned it again to me.
Now, my wife is very adamant that we need to have my sister come up here and wants to know if there is anything legally that we can do in order to make this happen.
While I love my sister very much and want the best for her, here are the issues I see with this -
1. We really have no real grounds to prove that she is an unfit mother (in my opinion) - other then my experiences and things my dad has told me (not sure if he would testify about it or not), I don't think we have a case (again, my opinion)
2. IF we were to prove her as an unfit mother, why on earth would the courts grant us custody when my dad is and would be a sound father and guardian. He would need some help, but he is more then capable of taking care of my sister.
I just wanted a professional opinion on this. Yeah, this is the very basic run down on the situation but should be enough to get some feed back. My wife and I hate this situation for my dad and his wife - our main concern is my sister. I just see this getting real messy fast and don't want to see her carried right through the middle of it.
Kind of an odd situation. And I'll spare all the details for the sake of boring you guys and respect for the parties involved.
Quick run down. My dad is getting divorced from his current wife. They have sister who is 14. Now, more then likely my dad's wife will try to keep custody of my sister. Problem is - the woman is borderline crazy and can say some pretty ugly things and treat people like total crap when she isn't happy. She is the main reason I moved out of my dad's house when I was younger - I was suicidal and just could not take her any more. Now my sister has a slight learning disability (was malnourished as a child when she was in an orphanage) and needs a bit of attention when it comes to her school work.
Because of the two issues and lack of a being a truly fit mother and the attention needed for her schooling - my wife and I have talked to my dad about taking custody of her (if all parties are open to this) so that she can get out of a hostel environment and get the attention for her school that she needs (my wife is about to graduate with her degree in early childhood development). I ran this by my dad and he said he would ask his wife - but he has not mentioned it again to me.
Now, my wife is very adamant that we need to have my sister come up here and wants to know if there is anything legally that we can do in order to make this happen.
While I love my sister very much and want the best for her, here are the issues I see with this -
1. We really have no real grounds to prove that she is an unfit mother (in my opinion) - other then my experiences and things my dad has told me (not sure if he would testify about it or not), I don't think we have a case (again, my opinion)
2. IF we were to prove her as an unfit mother, why on earth would the courts grant us custody when my dad is and would be a sound father and guardian. He would need some help, but he is more then capable of taking care of my sister.
I just wanted a professional opinion on this. Yeah, this is the very basic run down on the situation but should be enough to get some feed back. My wife and I hate this situation for my dad and his wife - our main concern is my sister. I just see this getting real messy fast and don't want to see her carried right through the middle of it.