Q: My daughter was murdered by boyfriend (& father of daughter, 4); can I sue boyfriend's mother for wrongful death?
His mother is terrorizing me doing horrible, unthinkable, unethical and dishonest things (got my daughter's SSI $ with non-legal, non-valid Guardianship form ($518 per mo). I just got "Co-Guardianship"--she reduced my parenting time by over 75% by manipulating interpretation of paragraph in agreement. She refuses to give me the SSI $ earned by my daughter. Granddaughter has lived with me Friday PM to Monday AM since daughter murdered. I'm getting new attorney to get parenting time restored and get the SSI $.
A: No, you can only sue the killer. However, chances are neither she nor her son have money, so you'd spend a lot of time for no result. Not to mention spending money. Do what you are doing to change the custody agreement.
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