What is the name of your state?
Nevada
Complicated story. I was married to a man who died 4 years ago. I basically raised his son, as his son's mother partied. We never had custody of him, but had him every weekend and most of the time during the summer.
I have since moved to Las Vegas. The child, now 8, still lives in Utah.
The child lives in intolerable circumstances. The "man" of the house has never worked, he beats all of the children of the home (there are six kids total. Only the two older girls have the same father), hold strange "order of the dragon?? church meetings" in the home, etc.
This child receives SS money from the state, but yet, has no new clothes, horrible personal hygene, and is neglected at every turn.
Since I've moved away, the mother, with whom I've been good friends with for years, will not allow me to see him anymore. Nobody can figure out what is going on. The mother has even banned her parents from seeing the boy.
The boy wants to live with me. I think the only thing stopping them from that is the money. We're relatively well off, and don't need the money. What we do need is to get him in counseling, provide a positive atmosphere for him, with positive role models, and give him a chance at life. His father suffered from depression and drug abuse, and we're all afraid that "my" young man is going to follow suit.
What can I do? The childs grandmother and I want to get him out, after his confession to her last month that he wanted to run away and move in with us.
Legally, is there anything I can do? Is there an age limit on when he can start making decisions? This child is the only one out of the six that doesn't have a father to protect his rights in the family. The other dads have physically threatened the new step dad to lay off on their kids. It's an awful situation, and I fear I have no rights to do anything, but there's a life at stake here.
Please help.
Darf
Nevada
Complicated story. I was married to a man who died 4 years ago. I basically raised his son, as his son's mother partied. We never had custody of him, but had him every weekend and most of the time during the summer.
I have since moved to Las Vegas. The child, now 8, still lives in Utah.
The child lives in intolerable circumstances. The "man" of the house has never worked, he beats all of the children of the home (there are six kids total. Only the two older girls have the same father), hold strange "order of the dragon?? church meetings" in the home, etc.
This child receives SS money from the state, but yet, has no new clothes, horrible personal hygene, and is neglected at every turn.
Since I've moved away, the mother, with whom I've been good friends with for years, will not allow me to see him anymore. Nobody can figure out what is going on. The mother has even banned her parents from seeing the boy.
The boy wants to live with me. I think the only thing stopping them from that is the money. We're relatively well off, and don't need the money. What we do need is to get him in counseling, provide a positive atmosphere for him, with positive role models, and give him a chance at life. His father suffered from depression and drug abuse, and we're all afraid that "my" young man is going to follow suit.
What can I do? The childs grandmother and I want to get him out, after his confession to her last month that he wanted to run away and move in with us.
Legally, is there anything I can do? Is there an age limit on when he can start making decisions? This child is the only one out of the six that doesn't have a father to protect his rights in the family. The other dads have physically threatened the new step dad to lay off on their kids. It's an awful situation, and I fear I have no rights to do anything, but there's a life at stake here.
Please help.
Darf
