I wasn't exactly sure where to ask this, so by all means move it if you must. I just wasn't sure......
My mother is looking to obtain guardianship of her grandson (my nephew) his mother had him when she was 15 and eight years later she still doesn't know how to be a mother.
My mother has raised the boy since birth, made sure he was fed, clean, made it to school, you know all the motherly stuff. His mother on the other hand was busy doing teenager stuff, bringing drunk guys over, having parties, etc.... She married some guy she was having another kid with, but left "the son" with my grandmother while she was building another home. She's been divorced since August and has moved out of my mother's house again and moved in with her "life-partner" she has no interest in "the son" unless it's to show him around like a show pony and still takes no responsibility for the boy except in lip-service. He knows where he wants to stay. He knows where "home" is.
The question is....
Is there anyway for my mother to obtain guardianship of the grandson? She lives off of disability and social security(she's only 44) and with "the son" living with her she can make medical care decisions and get an extra 400 dollars a month. Plus if something were to happen to my mother (gods forbid) he'd be able to draw some money until he turned 18.
She's going to talk to a lawyer, but she's looking for experienced advice. She wants to know what she's getting into before all this blows up in family court.
Any help and/or advice would be most appreciated.