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Grandparents right to child support

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Shah

Member
What is the name of your state? New York

Grandparents care for the child of my deceased sibling. Living parent tries to manipulate Grandparents with his own child. The living parent would hold off buying diapers for the child, all necessary hygiene accessories, food to try to force the GPs to provide for the child.
I was told that legally the GPs do not have to provide for the child but the legal guardian in this case the biological parent is legally obligated. The living parent has been told and is being told to provide a nanny, at least part of the time, to help the GPs with the child. He refuses. The GPs only child is not able to help out all the time and the nanny is needed.
Is this parent endangering the child? If a parent knowingly leaves his child with elderly GPs who need help with a very active child, is he not neglecting the child and endangering the wellfare of?
 


rmet4nzkx

Senior Member
Shah said:
What is the name of your state? New York

Grandparents care for the child of my deceased sibling. Living parent tries to manipulate Grandparents with his own child. The living parent would hold off buying diapers for the child, all necessary hygiene accessories, food to try to force the GPs to provide for the child.
I was told that legally the GPs do not have to provide for the child but the legal guardian in this case the biological parent is legally obligated. The living parent has been told and is being told to provide a nanny, at least part of the time, to help the GPs with the child. He refuses. The GPs only child is not able to help out all the time and the nanny is needed.
Is this parent endangering the child? If a parent knowingly leaves his child with elderly GPs who need help with a very active child, is he not neglecting the child and endangering the wellfare of?
Who are you in all of this?
How old is the child? How old was the mother at her time of death? Did she work prior to death? Does the grandparent have legal guardianship? Is this the same circumstance you vaguly described in your posts re probate in December? What progress has been made? Has Social Security been applied for? Who is rep payee?
 
Yes, the bioparent should not leave his child with grandparents not physically capable of caring for the child. Equally, the grandparents should not accept a child into their care that they know they are not physically capable of caring for.

If the father is REFUSING to care for his child--that could be considered child abandonment, failure to support and/or neglect depending on the laws in your state. Possibly, the grandparents could file for legal custody, then file for child support which might enable them to hire someone to help them. Since according to your post, they cannot assume total care of the child due to age. Chld support that they may or may not ever get.

Or, better yet--maybe all the so-called adults could quit thinking about themselves & put the child first. If no one in the immediate family has the interest or capability to care & raise the child, put the child up for adoption. They are many, many loving, stable couples who are physically & financially capable of raising a child. And, they are willing.
 

janM

Member
If they want to keep caring for the child legally, they need to apply for guardianship. They can then get a child-only grant, which is not based on their income, but the child's, which is obviously none.
The state will then go after the parent for the money. The grant would probably include a daycare subsidy or Headstart which would give them a break and be good for the child. Also WIC and medicaid and possibly foodstamps.

The other alternative, like someone said, is to ask for child support, which they may or may not get.
 

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