driver67373
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The state is Arkansas.
A little background...I have been trying to obtain custody of my child (8 years old) for the past two years. The mother is not in the picture. Parents took guardianship when the mother became unfit (drugs, mental illness) because I was in college with assurance they would allow me to raise him when I was done with school. They changed their mind, so I've been fighting my parents for custody. I had enjoyed regular visitation with my son up until I filed for custody two years ago. Then my parent started making false accusations against me and between those accusations and my picking a bad attorney (in trouble with the bar for being intoxicated in court cases on multiple occasions) I was granted supervised visitation only. I did that for over a year and after getting a really good attorney we settled out of court just recently and I got full unrestricted visitation. The lawyer says I do this visitation for 12 months and then go back for custody.
Which brings me to my proposed scenario:
If I was adopted by someone (parental consent not required in Arkansas for adults), then it is my understanding that the adoption severs the existing child-parent relationship and as a consequence would severe the relationship between my parents and my son. In the eyes of the law, they would no longer be his grandparents. If this is done, would that by default terminate the guardianship, or is that still a separate matter of the best interest of the child? I'm interested in hearing your input. Thank you.
A little background...I have been trying to obtain custody of my child (8 years old) for the past two years. The mother is not in the picture. Parents took guardianship when the mother became unfit (drugs, mental illness) because I was in college with assurance they would allow me to raise him when I was done with school. They changed their mind, so I've been fighting my parents for custody. I had enjoyed regular visitation with my son up until I filed for custody two years ago. Then my parent started making false accusations against me and between those accusations and my picking a bad attorney (in trouble with the bar for being intoxicated in court cases on multiple occasions) I was granted supervised visitation only. I did that for over a year and after getting a really good attorney we settled out of court just recently and I got full unrestricted visitation. The lawyer says I do this visitation for 12 months and then go back for custody.
Which brings me to my proposed scenario:
If I was adopted by someone (parental consent not required in Arkansas for adults), then it is my understanding that the adoption severs the existing child-parent relationship and as a consequence would severe the relationship between my parents and my son. In the eyes of the law, they would no longer be his grandparents. If this is done, would that by default terminate the guardianship, or is that still a separate matter of the best interest of the child? I'm interested in hearing your input. Thank you.