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Well, because I am moving back to my old job and that means I will need to take off work Less. I spoke with my now old boss about taking off a few days to work on issues I need to do. When I went to GAP last week they mentioned that there was an Open walk-in at Casey Family program for legal issues or resources. I finally got the full information around 8 this morning so I took off on a 2 hr trip to Los Angeles to a Casey Family office. It was exciting because they were going to help me to start Guardianship for my GS. We worked on my paperwork for 2 or more hours then the bubble burst!!! What no one mentioned in the beginning was due to the fact my GS and his bio parents have an open case and the judge would just bounce this request. When one of he Lawyers who wasn't doing my paperwork happen to ask me this and I said yes we have an open case and the next court hearing will be to take the parents rights away we had to stop. This lawyer said we can still ask the babys lawyer or the SW if I can file for guardianship now but she said because it looks bad for the parents so the judge just might go straight to adoption instead of doing a guardianship. The main reason I wanted to go for guardianship was to put my grandson on our Medical Insurance and also we wanted to have him baptized at our church.
This morning I left at 8:30 and got back home at 4:30 p.m. very tired and stressed from driving in bad traffic and rain...However, the Casey Family office staff felt bad that they weren't able to help me so they asked me if there were any concerns or resources that I wanted to get info on and I thought about it and did. They did explain somethings I already knew however, they explained it more clearly and answered any questions I had. So even thou it seemed to be a waste I did get educated today....I have seen The Casey Family Program at many sites for grandparents however; it was nice to see how very helpful they really are plus their staff were so kind and helpful. so. if anyone needs free or low cost legal help they are the place to go...
Now it is time for my PJ's and some Hot Soup...
Judi
This morning I left at 8:30 and got back home at 4:30 p.m. very tired and stressed from driving in bad traffic and rain...However, the Casey Family office staff felt bad that they weren't able to help me so they asked me if there were any concerns or resources that I wanted to get info on and I thought about it and did. They did explain somethings I already knew however, they explained it more clearly and answered any questions I had. So even thou it seemed to be a waste I did get educated today....I have seen The Casey Family Program at many sites for grandparents however; it was nice to see how very helpful they really are plus their staff were so kind and helpful. so. if anyone needs free or low cost legal help they are the place to go...
Now it is time for my PJ's and some Hot Soup...
Judi
Does he have to be your child to get him baptised? Can't you do it without telling anyone if you are afraid the bios will object? It's not like you are doing anything physical to him.... You're just taking him to church.... :)
Does your health insurance have any clause that says they will cover a dependent if you are provided more than 50% of their support and claiming them as a dependent on you taxes? I would call the insurance company and ask. I think ours is worded that way so even if we didn't have guardianship it would cover Tyler.
As guardian, a person has the right to religiously train the child. That is one of the benefits I was mentioning in the difference between having guardianship and custody. The parents no longer have the say-so in any matter in the child's life. The guardian is responsible for all decisions once they receive guardianship. There should be no problem getting a child baptised as their guardian, I wouldn't think. At least there SHOULDN'T be. Custody is another matter entirely.
Maybe I misunderstood your post, Liam. I understood you to be talking about guardianship vs. adoption. Was I misunderstanding? Sorry if I was. I understand you only have custody now, and thought you were talking to the lawyers about adoption vs. guardianship.
I will see my SW this friday and ask him if we can do a guardianship soon...because we were told by casey family program that he or the baby's lawyer can do it for us.
Judi