I live in Rome, Georgia.
I need to know what I should do about certain circumstances and I do not have anyone else to ask. Here is the whole story...
My mother in law has been raising her niece's daughter from the child's birth until now. The little girl is now 3 yrs old. She also has a twin brother that has been raised from here to there and is now being raised by her grandfather. The mother of the twins receives food stamps and medicaid for her children, but she does not give my mother in law or the grandfather food for the children. So, this is basically fraud. This is not my major concern though. My MIL's home is VERY nasty. I refuse to leave my babies at her house and only go over there when I absolutely have to because of my husband. We have told her she needs to clean, but she will not! It's basically a hoarder situation with a nasty dog and cat. Feces in kitty litter is all over the floor and she never cleans anything. So use your imagination on the filth. I have talked to the twins pediatrician about the situation and told her I don't know what else to do except call DFCS. I was hoping that she would call them so that I would not have to and I took pics to show her of my MIL's house. She said she does not call DFCS because they only put the children in worse circumstances than they are already in. I do not know if I should call DFCS. But, the story goes on...The niece and the twin's father are trying to get a divorce. They go to court Wednesday about custody of the twins. My MIL is going to have to testify, but she is going to lie for her niece of course and say that the niece DOES keep her twins and that she only babysits them sometimes. I told her this is not right and that she should want what is best for the babies. My MIL is ALWAYS complaining about having to take care of the little girl and blah blah blah. I have called DFCS before about the niece not taking care of her own children and the children always being nasty. I for some reason did not say anything about my MIL's house and they did not go to her home. They went to the niece's home, but of course she was already told by DFCS that they were coming to speak with her about who keeps the twins, so my MIL made sure they were there. My MIL lied to DFCS about where the twins lived and not much action was taken. I feel obligated to worry about these babies for one being separated, but also the conditions they are living in. I don't want the niece to get custody of them if she is not going to keep them. She doesn't even want the babies, she just wants the almost $700 a month she gets for foodstamps for herself (she also claims to keep her other two children that someone else keeps for a total of 4 children she claims) and I am sure she gets other assistance such as WIC and TANF as well. Please give me advice on what I should do!
Thanks!
I need to know what I should do about certain circumstances and I do not have anyone else to ask. Here is the whole story...
My mother in law has been raising her niece's daughter from the child's birth until now. The little girl is now 3 yrs old. She also has a twin brother that has been raised from here to there and is now being raised by her grandfather. The mother of the twins receives food stamps and medicaid for her children, but she does not give my mother in law or the grandfather food for the children. So, this is basically fraud. This is not my major concern though. My MIL's home is VERY nasty. I refuse to leave my babies at her house and only go over there when I absolutely have to because of my husband. We have told her she needs to clean, but she will not! It's basically a hoarder situation with a nasty dog and cat. Feces in kitty litter is all over the floor and she never cleans anything. So use your imagination on the filth. I have talked to the twins pediatrician about the situation and told her I don't know what else to do except call DFCS. I was hoping that she would call them so that I would not have to and I took pics to show her of my MIL's house. She said she does not call DFCS because they only put the children in worse circumstances than they are already in. I do not know if I should call DFCS. But, the story goes on...The niece and the twin's father are trying to get a divorce. They go to court Wednesday about custody of the twins. My MIL is going to have to testify, but she is going to lie for her niece of course and say that the niece DOES keep her twins and that she only babysits them sometimes. I told her this is not right and that she should want what is best for the babies. My MIL is ALWAYS complaining about having to take care of the little girl and blah blah blah. I have called DFCS before about the niece not taking care of her own children and the children always being nasty. I for some reason did not say anything about my MIL's house and they did not go to her home. They went to the niece's home, but of course she was already told by DFCS that they were coming to speak with her about who keeps the twins, so my MIL made sure they were there. My MIL lied to DFCS about where the twins lived and not much action was taken. I feel obligated to worry about these babies for one being separated, but also the conditions they are living in. I don't want the niece to get custody of them if she is not going to keep them. She doesn't even want the babies, she just wants the almost $700 a month she gets for foodstamps for herself (she also claims to keep her other two children that someone else keeps for a total of 4 children she claims) and I am sure she gets other assistance such as WIC and TANF as well. Please give me advice on what I should do!
Thanks!
