Wa, My wife and I are Godparents to a 15 yr old boy and a 8 yr old girl. We have known them since birth. We have a boy and a girl exact same ages from our 20 year marriage. The issue is we want custody of the 2 other children which have been living with us for over a year. There parents are divorced and the dad owes her back child support. The reason we have custody is the mother went to prison for rape of a child outside of her household. She will be released this July as a sex offender. The father was living with them and left the same day she went to prison. Took his bed and boat, and the kids went to there aunts to live. The Offenders sister. That lasted a week before she dropped them off at our home. We went to the prison and the mother signed a notorized paper giving us permission to treat and act in her behalf. She had full custody before awful crime she committed. She wont have a prayer of raising the kids for a very longtime if ever. Last month the unemployed dad of 8years running shows up st our home and we have let him take them for a weekend here and there. He has no custody and is filling the childrens heads with how bad we are and that when he gets his little 10,000 settlement he is going to get a home and rescue them. He doesnt know that I have filled with support enforcement for the back support. My wife and I are no angels but have no arrest records. Have a 3500 sqft home and have plenty of funds to provide for them. Before us they lived in not so good apts, both were failing school, and the boy weighed 260 lbs and wore spikes and a green mohawk. He now is carrying a 3.75gpa, attends church on his own doing, clean cut and well dressed. Lost 100lbs and wants to attend a major university. He even showers daily now. They want to stay here and there mother agrees to this. The dad is mixing them up and has never been there for them. Can I tell the dad to get lost and stay away? He owes and doesnt have custody. I am afraid that if I run to CPS or a Judge they might put them in foster care. We want custody. They have no other family. Thank you,