My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Colorado
Okay, so my sister died a few weeks ago and we've been working to prove that the father is unfit to raise her child. See my following post about that: http://ift.tt/2bc8WCa
The court decided that the father is unfit to have custody of the child and granted emergency guardianship to the paternal grandparents. I would have tried to get emergency guardianship but we needed a quick emergency filing to get the child away from the very dangerous father and the paternal grandparents lived in the county & state that had jurisdiction over this court case. So they took emergency guardianship. The plan is for me to work on getting permanent guardianship of the child now. My sister wrote a handwritten letter, signed, and dated (not witnessed or notarized and only containing guardianship information, another words no property info) that I should be the one to raise her child if anything happens to her. The paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents, and my siblings are all on board for me taking permanent guardianship. There is a hearing at the end of the week for the father to come try and prove that he is fit to raise the child. We had an actual hearing yesterday and the judge determined that the father was unfit, but they did have to schedule a hearing for the father to try and prove he is fit because he wasn't at the emergency hearing. Does the court usually stick to the ruling that he is unfit if they already said that in the past week?
The attorney that's working on this said that the grandparents and she would be okay if she represented me for the permanent guardianship, but the court may not like it very much. Why is this? Is it because she'd be representing both parties in the transfer of guardianship to me? If they've already ruled the father unfit and both the hearing yesterday and then on the one where the father is invited, will they have to do it again at the permanent guardianship or will they just refer to the current court case that proved he was unfit? If the father has been proven unfit, should permanent guardianship be pretty easy for me to get if everyone's in agreement that I should be his permanent guardian? Can I start permanent guardianship paper work now or do I have to wait until after the hearing that's at the end of this week before I begin permanent guardianship? How long does it usually take to get into court to seek permanent guardianship? I'd like to get my nephew moved home to our house as soon as possible so he's not bounced around for so long. I live in Wyoming, so I'm assuming I need to get permanent guardianship in Colorado, and then do I have to also have a hearing in Wyoming after it's approved in Colorado?
Thanks for your suggestions.
Carolyn
Okay, so my sister died a few weeks ago and we've been working to prove that the father is unfit to raise her child. See my following post about that: http://ift.tt/2bc8WCa
The court decided that the father is unfit to have custody of the child and granted emergency guardianship to the paternal grandparents. I would have tried to get emergency guardianship but we needed a quick emergency filing to get the child away from the very dangerous father and the paternal grandparents lived in the county & state that had jurisdiction over this court case. So they took emergency guardianship. The plan is for me to work on getting permanent guardianship of the child now. My sister wrote a handwritten letter, signed, and dated (not witnessed or notarized and only containing guardianship information, another words no property info) that I should be the one to raise her child if anything happens to her. The paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents, and my siblings are all on board for me taking permanent guardianship. There is a hearing at the end of the week for the father to come try and prove that he is fit to raise the child. We had an actual hearing yesterday and the judge determined that the father was unfit, but they did have to schedule a hearing for the father to try and prove he is fit because he wasn't at the emergency hearing. Does the court usually stick to the ruling that he is unfit if they already said that in the past week?
The attorney that's working on this said that the grandparents and she would be okay if she represented me for the permanent guardianship, but the court may not like it very much. Why is this? Is it because she'd be representing both parties in the transfer of guardianship to me? If they've already ruled the father unfit and both the hearing yesterday and then on the one where the father is invited, will they have to do it again at the permanent guardianship or will they just refer to the current court case that proved he was unfit? If the father has been proven unfit, should permanent guardianship be pretty easy for me to get if everyone's in agreement that I should be his permanent guardian? Can I start permanent guardianship paper work now or do I have to wait until after the hearing that's at the end of this week before I begin permanent guardianship? How long does it usually take to get into court to seek permanent guardianship? I'd like to get my nephew moved home to our house as soon as possible so he's not bounced around for so long. I live in Wyoming, so I'm assuming I need to get permanent guardianship in Colorado, and then do I have to also have a hearing in Wyoming after it's approved in Colorado?
Thanks for your suggestions.
Carolyn
Custody and Visitation Issues: Permanent Guardianship
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