Background story- My son is 6, when he was 1 1/2 his father was in jail and I was an alcoholic drug addict loser who did not under any circumstances deserve him. I sent him to live with his grandmother who filed for guardianship and won it. I have been clean for 3 yrs, I am remarried and have 2 daughters both 3 and a step son. I struggle everyday with the POS parent I was, I want my son to know us, me his mother and his brothers and sisters. I don't want him growing up asking Why did my mom give up on me? I was adopted and I wondered that exact thing as long as I remember. I moved to the town my son lives in 6 months ago, per request of his grandmother who needed help with him. I wanted this badly so it was no problem to uproot my husband and kids and move 8hrs away. I have been here 6 months and he is still not allowed to stay the night. Today she drops a bomb and casually says they are going to move to Iowa which is 16hrs from here. My son and I are building a meaningful and loving relationship, he is really becoming close to his sisters and step brother. He hugs on me and snuggles up to me and I feel like we are getting the chance to connect and bond in a way that I never had with my bio parents who never came back. She has said it will be in a year maybe. I am angry- I don't care if they move but I do care that I will never see him again and that I have no way to control that at this point. I realize was a loser, but I have done everything humanly possible to be a better person and parent. If she has Guardianship what do i do to insure I can have some type of court appointed visitation or custody? I refuse to lose this bond with my son that we have formed. She won't let him spend the night because she says she isn't ready - if she moves I will have to move agian and I don't feel like fallowing her around the country every 6 months.
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You need to go to court to terminate the guardianship , this will put a halt to her moving. You also need to file for visitation
Do you have legal aid in your town?
What you seem to be confused on is Guardianship versus custody...your mom has guardianship, NOT CUSTODY! If your parental rights were not terminated you can get custody again. You need to be clear on what actually happened to you, it sounds to me like you don't have custody, but your parental rights are still in tact.
If you do have your parental rights you need to file for custody of your child in the county that he lives in. You can do this without a lawyer if you must, you are looking for the "pro-se" forms which means you are representing yourself. I see this often when mom's decide to move and the dad's are left holding the bag and having no visitation. Now it is possible that you won't get custody of him right away due to the past circumstances, but you will at bare minimum get some court ordered visitation.