No. Only the court with jurisdiction over the child can appoint a legal guardian. While it helps if both parents agree and consent, the court must make the appointment. You should visit the family court and ask to speak with an advocate who could answer your questions.
No. Only the court with jurisdiction over the child can appoint a legal guardian. While it helps if both parents agree and consent, the court must make the appointment. You should visit the family court and ask to speak with an advocate who could answer your questions.
No. Only the court with jurisdiction over the child can appoint a legal guardian. While it helps if both parents agree and consent, the court must make the appointment. You should visit the family court and ask to speak with an advocate who could answer your questions.
No. Only the court with jurisdiction over the child can appoint a legal guardian. While it helps if both parents agree and consent, the court must make the appointment. You should visit the family court and ask to speak with an advocate who could answer your questions.
Not unless your grandparents are granted custody/guardianship by the court.
That's a matter for the courts to revoke the custody agreement.
Not without the permission of the court.
Adding to the question it is in the commonwealth of virginia.
If he is legally emancipated, or both parents are deemed unfit, or if the grandparents gain legal custody, then yes.
Yes because the mother had no custody over the child
no, you can't.I'd your father has legal custody over you, you must live where he says no matter what - until he no longer has legal custody.
Well, depends. Does Mom have custody? Is child under-aged?
In states without specific grandparents rights laws, grandparents may have limited legal rights to visit or have custody of their grandchildren. They may need to demonstrate a significant relationship with the child and show that visitation is in the child's best interest. It is recommended to seek legal advice in such cases.
not if she's married, or a single mother living in Arizona
File a claim of child abandonment and for custody. see links below
Without a Will, he has no clearly defined custodial rights to a stepchild, but unless addressed in a custody decree, neither does the father. Guardianship reverts to the maternal grandparents.