What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas
My wife has been raising a friend of the family's little girl since she has been born. The parents allowed her to keep the baby week after week, then weeks turned into months, and so on for 12 years. They didn't want to deal with her. She lives with us, we enroll her in school, take her to the doctors, we are not her maternal parents but in all aspects of love, we are her parents. She visits her parents every other week or during special occasions. We have never tried to discourage her from seeing her family. Now that she is 12 and can take care of herself, they want her back. This not only has upset her, but us as well as we feel we are losing our little girl and have no legal recourse or rights. They have never paid for anything to help us out. She doesn't even have her own room at the Donor Parents house. Here, she has a stable environment, her own room, help with school work, love and attention. We are worried they are going to take her from us and if that happens her future looks bleek. They don't care about her needs or future and basically need a new maid to clean and cook at the house now that the last of the older girls has moved out. They forgoe medical insurance on her so they can have a condo, a boat, and a harley motorcycle. The father is an alcoholic and they both use drugs. What legal actions can we take if they decide to keep her from seeing us? Can we sue for Custody? Do we have an rights in this matter or is it just going to be one of those things where we have to just bite the bullet?
My wife has been raising a friend of the family's little girl since she has been born. The parents allowed her to keep the baby week after week, then weeks turned into months, and so on for 12 years. They didn't want to deal with her. She lives with us, we enroll her in school, take her to the doctors, we are not her maternal parents but in all aspects of love, we are her parents. She visits her parents every other week or during special occasions. We have never tried to discourage her from seeing her family. Now that she is 12 and can take care of herself, they want her back. This not only has upset her, but us as well as we feel we are losing our little girl and have no legal recourse or rights. They have never paid for anything to help us out. She doesn't even have her own room at the Donor Parents house. Here, she has a stable environment, her own room, help with school work, love and attention. We are worried they are going to take her from us and if that happens her future looks bleek. They don't care about her needs or future and basically need a new maid to clean and cook at the house now that the last of the older girls has moved out. They forgoe medical insurance on her so they can have a condo, a boat, and a harley motorcycle. The father is an alcoholic and they both use drugs. What legal actions can we take if they decide to keep her from seeing us? Can we sue for Custody? Do we have an rights in this matter or is it just going to be one of those things where we have to just bite the bullet?
