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    Default Re: How Can a Grandparent Seek Custody After Protective Services Removal in Another S

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    I told this worker I wanted to seek custody of my grandson. She said I do not have any standing and that they would NOT cooperate with Oklahoma (where i live) in any effort to take this baby out of her jurisdiction.
    The court that is overseeing your daughter's case is a state court, and its jurisdiction ends at the border. They are not set up to perform a home study of your home in another state -- something that must be done before the child can be placed with you. They cannot supervise your actions in another state. They cannot enforce visitation from another state. You can speak with the case worker about trying to arrange your own home study, but when you hire a private service provider that can be quite expensive.
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    She also made mention that I could actually be responsible for child support of this baby since my daughter is still a minor... well if I don't have any rights, how can I be responsible?
    You can be responsible for the cost of child support of your own child, as she's still a minor, as that's your responsibility and not that of the Texas taxpayers. I did not see a statute that would allow the state to issue a support order against a grandparent in relation to a grandchild; if you consult a Texas lawyer the lawyer should be able to clarify the issue.
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    What are my options here, if I have any at all?
    How about helping your daughter get her act together -- a job, a stable place to stay, an appropriate crib and setup for a baby, etc.
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    If my daughter stays there, she has no way to support herself, just living from friend to friend, to try and get on her feet. If she leaves and comes here, is she abandoning her baby? Giving up her rights?
    If your daughter chooses not to attend court proceedings, and chooses not to comply with the reunification plan, then she should anticipate that her rights will be terminated.
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    I was always under the impression that CPS workers should do what is in the best interest of the child, not how much power they can give themselves, in acting like God.
    It's not the fault of CPS that your daughter was living with a baby in a disgusting hovel. That's your daughter's fault, her boyfriend's fault, and the fault of the extended family that either knew about the situation and did nothing, or didn't care enough to even know that the baby was in a filthy, unsafe home. It's not the fault of protective services that the baby's father doesn't seem to care about his child, or that your daughter is one step ahead of vagrancy. Protective services first takes steps to ensure that the child is safe, and then whenever possible tries to create a path toward reunification with the parent. Placing the child with a random relative from another state does not help them perform either of those tasks -- it gets in the way.
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    Could I claim custodial rights of my daughter, and her baby since the baby is a product of my daughter?
    No.
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    any help to point me in the right direction would be appreciated.
    Get a lawyer in Texas to represent your interests, to find out what you will need to do to be considered for a placement (if possible) or to be considered as a potential adoptive parent if your daughter cannot get her act together.
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    You did not have control of your minor child. That may be why the caseworker is so determined to keep the baby within the local jurisdiction.
    I think, first and foremost, the issue is court jurisdiction. To the extent that CPS is concerned about the extended family, I suspect it has less to do with a seventeen-year-old having run away with a boyfriend, and more to do with the fact that nobody in the family knew (or, in some cases, cared) enough to find out about the baby's living conditions and to intervene before the state had to step in. That's not a question of judgment or an assessment of difficulty -- but where a family is known to have failed to have kept a baby safe, protective services can be expected to be cautious.

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