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  • 06-30-2012, 12:47 PM
    Crich
    How to Regain Custody from Paternal Grandmother
    My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Alabama



    My partner recently lost custody of her son to his paternal grandmother. In her opinion the entire case was based off of he say she say. She was served with papers on October 18, 2011. The final decision was made June 18, 2012. She is trying to fnd out how to regain custody? What should be her first step? Is it impossible to do? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
  • 06-30-2012, 12:59 PM
    aardvarc
    Re: How to Regain Custody from Paternal Grandmother
    Without knowing the details of who told the court what, to evaluate what circumstances the court looked at, we can't possibly opine on any chances on getting custody back.

    Her first step would be to consult with her attorney - or hire one if she doesn't already have one. Now that she's LOST custody, it's not going to be a "do it yourself" case. Loosing custody means that the court has found her to be unfit. She'd need to consult with her attorney to address/fix whatever elements the court laid out as being problematic, THEN she'd need to prove to the court's satisfaction that switching custody back would be in the child's best interest. The longer it takes for her to fix whatever problems the court found, the less chance that the court will shake up the child's life again, by changing custody (courts don't like to make ping pong balls out of children - so mom needs to move quickly and follow the advice of her attorney religiously).
  • 06-30-2012, 01:26 PM
    Dogmatique
    Re: How to Regain Custody from Paternal Grandmother
    It's highly unusual for a grandparent to win custody over a fit parent.

    I'm curious as to whether CPS/equivalent is involved.
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