RickShelton
Junior Member
I live in southern Illinois. A few years ago, (3-4), my mother and I engaged in a custody battle against my daughter's maternal grandmother. We had agreed that my mother would be the one to retain custody since at the time I was struggling with recent unemployment and facing a near-future move out of the school district.
We won the dispute and my mother was awarded custody/guardianship of my daughter. We had a mutual agreement that this situation would be temporary and once my daughter finished her schooling and I was back on my feet we would get back to my having custody. During school and on weeknights, she would stay with my mother, on weekends and "no-school" days she would stay with me.
Since then, as of the spring of 2011, my daughter finished out the elementary school we both started at, and has moved into our beautiful house with me, my fiance, and our family. Everything in our original plan is still in motion, and the situation between my mother and I is fully consensual, (No dispute about me taking over custody from her).
My question is simply what steps do I need to take to transfer custody back to myself? I only have experience with court battles regarding guardianship of my daughter, and while relieved, I don't know what I need to do from here with no one disputing my position. I assume my mother and I just need to set up a meeting with an attorney and go before the judge, but I thought I would ask here to get my bearings on the situation.
Thank you for your time and attention,
-RickWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
We won the dispute and my mother was awarded custody/guardianship of my daughter. We had a mutual agreement that this situation would be temporary and once my daughter finished her schooling and I was back on my feet we would get back to my having custody. During school and on weeknights, she would stay with my mother, on weekends and "no-school" days she would stay with me.
Since then, as of the spring of 2011, my daughter finished out the elementary school we both started at, and has moved into our beautiful house with me, my fiance, and our family. Everything in our original plan is still in motion, and the situation between my mother and I is fully consensual, (No dispute about me taking over custody from her).
My question is simply what steps do I need to take to transfer custody back to myself? I only have experience with court battles regarding guardianship of my daughter, and while relieved, I don't know what I need to do from here with no one disputing my position. I assume my mother and I just need to set up a meeting with an attorney and go before the judge, but I thought I would ask here to get my bearings on the situation.
Thank you for your time and attention,
-RickWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?