De facto parents

What is the name of your state? Alabama

Does Alabama have de facto parents?

Probably.


What do you believe a "de facto" parent is?

we currently have custody of two little ones ,mother is in rehab, we go back to court in August to see if she can get the kids back ,I ma just learning of the de facto parents ,so I am trying to get all the info I can so we can keep the kids

Jeavesmom said:

we currently have custody of two little ones ,mother is in rehab, we go back to court in August to see if she can get the kids back ,I ma just learning of the de facto parents ,so I am trying to get all the info I can so we can keep the kids

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How were you granted custody? Where is the other parent? How long have the children been with you? What are the terms of your guardianship?

Jeavesmom said:

we currently have custody of two little ones ,mother is in rehab, we go back to court in August to see if she can get the kids back ,I ma just learning of the de facto parents ,so I am trying to get all the info I can so we can keep the kids

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You would absolutely need an attorney. But why would you keep someone else's kids???

Parents always have much greater rights to their own children than anyone else, till stripped by a court of law. Completing rehab is not one of the things that will cause a parent to lose rights.