Q: my granddaughter lives in Massachusetts I live in Rhode Island I had custody of my granddaughter when she was young her
her dad my son passed away he lived with us as well she now lives with mom and is very unhappy and wants to live with me and my husband.She has been telling me things an 11 year old should not deal with she is stressed if mom finds out she told someone what is going on.She makes her lie to guidance councilors in school and to make matters worse she finally confided in a councilor at school last year about an incident and begged her not to tell mom and the councilor did and she was grounded for it. She grounds her for every little thing insignificant things. How do I get custody back she doesn’t even want to go home and if we bring this to someone’s attention she petrified she will have to go back and will live an even worse hell than she’s living now. What do I do I tried to get her to go to the school guidance counselor she is now in middle school a different school but I’m afraid the same will happen and then mom will keep her from me and she is afraid of this as well. Please help!!
A: Meet with and retain an attorney to help you best present your case.
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