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Usually the State child welfare/protective services agency will intervene in such a case. Before someone obtains permanent legal custody, the parents' rights must be terminated, either voluntarily or by court order.

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Q: If two parents are in prison for abusing their kids can the grandparents or the relitivs get custody of the kids is there a law that will give the relitivs full custody no mater what?
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What are a fathers rights to his kids after a spouse passes ..against the maternal grandparents?

You have full and primary rights to your children. Grandparents do not have custody rights to children over parents.


Can a child decide to live with their grand parents in Texas?

Child's Choice of Managing Conservator (custodial or primary residential parent)If the child is 10 years of age or older, the child may, by writing filed with the court, choose the managing conservator, subject to the approval of the court. TEX.FAM.CODE ANN. § 153.008. The court retains discretion to determine whether to honor the child's choice. Further, in a non-jury trial the court may interview the child in chambers to determine the child's wishes as to conservatorship. TEX.FAM.CODE ANN. § 153.009. Upon the request of a party, the court must interview the child.This is up to the judge. The Texas law does not specifically address this. But, there are alternatives. see links


How can the government pay your parents for child care?

If the grandparents have had custody the parents of the child have to pay them child support. If you by child care mean daycare that is also the parents who pay for that.


Who are your paternal grandparents?

The father's parents are the paternal grandparents. The mother's parents are the maternal grandparents.


Can a child under joint custody spend the summer with grandparents in another state?

If both parents are agreeable to the situation, or the parent wishing the child to pay his or her grandparents a visit receives permission from the court that issued the custodial order.

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Do grandparents have rights in a custody battle?

That depends on why the mother lost custody in the first place. The court must have granted the grandparents custody for some reason. If they have custody now you have to apply in court for the custody to be moved.


Can grandmother have custody if parents never married?

Only if the parents are found unfit does the grandparents as well as other relatives have a chance for custody.


What is the cost of parents signing their custody of children to the grandparents?

It's not custody, it's guardianship, and there's no cost.


What custody rights does an aunt have?

No, only parents or grandparents are mentioned in the custody rights laws of the different states and not always grandparents either. It's up to the court when you apply for custody.


Can grandparents with temporary child custody get child support from parents in Ga?

Yes.


Can grandparents take custody of pregnant teens child in north carolina?

If the baby's parents agree to it.Another View: To gain LEGAL custody: onlyif the grandparents petition the court for the childs custody and the court awards it to them.


Do you have the right to move in with your grandparents who live in Arkansas without your parents' permission?

Not unless your grandparents are granted custody/guardianship by the court.


What percentage of children that are removed from parents are given to grandparents for permanent custody?

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.


What if one set of grandparents trick the parents into signing over primary custody of their child without letting the other grandparents know?

That's a matter for the courts to revoke the custody agreement.


Can a seventeen-year-old live with his grandparents without his parents' consent in Mississippi?

If he is legally emancipated, or both parents are deemed unfit, or if the grandparents gain legal custody, then yes.


Can grandparents seek custody if both mother and father or unfit parents?

Yeah, they have several of the same rights.


What are grandparents rights as far as getting custody of a minor child?

Their rights start where the parents' rights begin. If the parents are actively parenting, the child is thriving and nothing illegal is going on, then the grandparents are honor bound to support, not supplant, the parents. If the parents are out of the picture, the grandparents can certainly apply to become guardians of the child.