If no orders are established and you were not married to him, you already have sole custody.
If the mother is proven unfit or incapable of caring for the child the court can order the child be removed from her physical custody. It is, however, extremely rare for the court to take away alll the rights of a mother to her child.
the child is in cps custody and is telling everyone that they don't want to return to the abuse in the adoptive home and wants to live with their biological mother does the twelve year old have rights here in Arizona
They would be a cousin once removed.
Only the court can approve the child being removed from the country, which is unlikely, as Mexico does not honor fathers parental rights.
no
Custody issues are difficult enough for fathers. Throwing in a foreign citizenship only complicates this further. Certainly the court would not desire having the child removed from the jurisdiction of the US. This will need to be decided exclusively on the merit of the individual case. see links
Long as he is the immediate next of kin who is physically and mentally able to take care of the child. Also he has to be the only one who wants him/her.
Not enough unfortunately. Usually, if the child is removed from both parents' care before legal guardianship is established, the child is remanded to the custody of the state. At that point, it becomes more difficult (and expensive) for grandparents to gain custody. There are heartbreaking stories all over the place of grandparents trying in vain to get custody of their grandchildren.
NO! It's child abuse for which you can be arrested and your child removed from your custody.
Petition the court to have them removed and replaced. In such cases the court is likely to appoint an attorney to serve as the executor.
They're removed and destroyed as biological waste
Your father's niece is your first cousin, and her daughter is your first cousin, once removed.