Grandmother wants to get full custody

[GBM28]

My mother lives in PA and she wants to get full custody of my neice due to my sister being an unfit mother. My sister does not take proper care of her nor does she support her. My sister is 22 years old, does not have a job, sleeps all day until 11:30 am. When she is awake she is more worried about her social life and running the streets with guys and her friends than about her 2 year old daughter. If my sister isn't out hanging with her friends she's in bed, and doesn't want to be bothered with anything when it comes to my neice. My mother who is disabled (walks with a cane, but that doesn't interfere with her everyday life) takes care of my neice from the time she gets up in the morning to the time she goes to bed at night. My mother is lucky if she gets help with one diaper change throughout the day. My mother is on S.S.D. and supports both my sister and neice on just her check that she gets once a month. Anyone have any advice or suggestions on what my mother can do?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

[IsabellaSoriano]

nothing you stated says mom is unfit.

grandma will not be able to take custody of the child based on your posts.

where is the father of the baby?

is the child fed? clothed? roof over her head? CPS involved? child being left alone while mother goes out?

[Antigone*of*Greece]

Looks to me like grandmother is her own worse enemy in this case. Since she does everything for the child and makes sure she is well taken care of, then mom has nothing to worry about.

If grandma were to say that she had to live on her own and take care of her daughter things would be different.

Grandma is an enabler and daughter will take advantage of that. If grandma wants custody of the child she is going to have to evict daughter and child, see child suffer (maybe, maybe not) and then involve the authorities if the child is not being cared for. At that point then it is still a huge "IF."