What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
We live in Arizona. We are the grandparents of a 2 year old little boy. We have had him since he was 5 months old. His mother and father live in California. They are not married. My daughter had to leave the state of California due to her boyfriends arrest. He was arrested for under the infulence and child endangerment. My daughter came here and my husband and I went to court and got an emergancy custody order to take the baby into our custody. They called it (In Loco Parentis to the child) She keeps running back to him why I don't know, but we felt that the child was in danger each time she went back and we did get full legal custody in January. They have seen him less than a 24 hour period since we have had him nor do they call and see how he is or to talk to him. In the mean time they had a little girl together and the same thing is still happening. The father is still using drugs and the domestic violence still is happening and I also forgot to mention that they have been evicted 3 times with no place to live. The father was just arrested again last week for domestic violance and I called cps and they did take the child away and we were told by cps that we would be getting the child, but we went to court in California and the judge awarded the little girl back to their custody. So......My questions are we want to move back to California due to my husbands job ( he is a fireman in Cali) and we want to adopt our grandson, but we are not sure if we should start doing it here or in California. We are so affraid that the state of California will give our grandson back to the parents like they did our granddaughter. We still are trying to get our granddaughter out of that environment, but it is so difficult with us being in a different state. How hard is it to adopt our grandson? What is the procedure? How can we get our granddaughter out of that horrible house? Scared!!!!!!!!!!!!!What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
We live in Arizona. We are the grandparents of a 2 year old little boy. We have had him since he was 5 months old. His mother and father live in California. They are not married. My daughter had to leave the state of California due to her boyfriends arrest. He was arrested for under the infulence and child endangerment. My daughter came here and my husband and I went to court and got an emergancy custody order to take the baby into our custody. They called it (In Loco Parentis to the child) She keeps running back to him why I don't know, but we felt that the child was in danger each time she went back and we did get full legal custody in January. They have seen him less than a 24 hour period since we have had him nor do they call and see how he is or to talk to him. In the mean time they had a little girl together and the same thing is still happening. The father is still using drugs and the domestic violence still is happening and I also forgot to mention that they have been evicted 3 times with no place to live. The father was just arrested again last week for domestic violance and I called cps and they did take the child away and we were told by cps that we would be getting the child, but we went to court in California and the judge awarded the little girl back to their custody. So......My questions are we want to move back to California due to my husbands job ( he is a fireman in Cali) and we want to adopt our grandson, but we are not sure if we should start doing it here or in California. We are so affraid that the state of California will give our grandson back to the parents like they did our granddaughter. We still are trying to get our granddaughter out of that environment, but it is so difficult with us being in a different state. How hard is it to adopt our grandson? What is the procedure? How can we get our granddaughter out of that horrible house? Scared!!!!!!!!!!!!!What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
