Janelle717
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Ohio
My coworker ("Linda") is in need of some answers. She and her husband ("Greg") have custody of his son by a former wife. Linda wanted to adopt "George" because the natural mother "Casey" hasn't been involved for around 3 years.
Here is where it gets a little odd. Greg's parents have now helped Casey get an attorney to fight the adoption and to get visitation rights (Linda and Greg are afraid that since Casey and Greg's parents are working together, Greg's parents will kidnap George during one of Casey's visits and take him across state lines to their home in Kentucky, or worse, that they'll kidnap him and go where they can't be found. They think that's why as soon as Linda decided to adopt George, Casey came out of the woodwork and magically wanted visitation.).
Greg's parents raised George for a few years while Greg was getting his life together (getting a full-time job, etc.). He then married Linda and has been doing fantastic! He's going to AA and been sober for over a year now. Linda has been a wonderful, steadying force in his life. His parents think that he and Linda are failures as parents, that George shouldn't have to worry about homework being done and crazy things like that.
Greg's parents think Greg & Linda are terrible parents. (I can tell you from personally babysitting George that I think they've done a fantastic job with him. He's very smart, polite, etc. and Linda cries over the thought of losing him. He's not abused, etc. Linda works as a counselor with underprivileged kids here in the Dayton area. Greg is an electrician.) I have no idea why they think that.
Anyway, the question is, what rights to Greg's parents have, if any, across state lines or even in Ohio alone (because nobody would put it past them to move to Ohio if it made their case better)? I know this is jumbled so if you need clarification, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
Thanks for anything you can say to help!
My coworker ("Linda") is in need of some answers. She and her husband ("Greg") have custody of his son by a former wife. Linda wanted to adopt "George" because the natural mother "Casey" hasn't been involved for around 3 years.
Here is where it gets a little odd. Greg's parents have now helped Casey get an attorney to fight the adoption and to get visitation rights (Linda and Greg are afraid that since Casey and Greg's parents are working together, Greg's parents will kidnap George during one of Casey's visits and take him across state lines to their home in Kentucky, or worse, that they'll kidnap him and go where they can't be found. They think that's why as soon as Linda decided to adopt George, Casey came out of the woodwork and magically wanted visitation.).
Greg's parents raised George for a few years while Greg was getting his life together (getting a full-time job, etc.). He then married Linda and has been doing fantastic! He's going to AA and been sober for over a year now. Linda has been a wonderful, steadying force in his life. His parents think that he and Linda are failures as parents, that George shouldn't have to worry about homework being done and crazy things like that.
Greg's parents think Greg & Linda are terrible parents. (I can tell you from personally babysitting George that I think they've done a fantastic job with him. He's very smart, polite, etc. and Linda cries over the thought of losing him. He's not abused, etc. Linda works as a counselor with underprivileged kids here in the Dayton area. Greg is an electrician.) I have no idea why they think that.
Anyway, the question is, what rights to Greg's parents have, if any, across state lines or even in Ohio alone (because nobody would put it past them to move to Ohio if it made their case better)? I know this is jumbled so if you need clarification, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
Thanks for anything you can say to help!
