Q: Do grandparents have rights and can they get custody of there grandchildren.
I have three grandchildren that I called CPS on my daughter because my husband and I feel like they're being neglected. They always smell like cat pee they have 15 cats living in the house 5 dogs and the constant peeing on my grandchildren stuff and she doesn't do anything about it one of my granddaughters has had head lice since the end of November 2019 my husband and I have gotten treatment stuff solution for my daughter to do the treatments in my granddaughter's head and still hasn't used it she's going to three schools already this year she's been out of school since before Thanksgiving 2019 she went back to school for the first day on January 13th 2020 she got sent home because he has had five still this is been going on for a couple months now and still nothing has been done about it every time I take my grandchildren my house to visit for the day or for the weekend they constantly hungry can you say can we please take this noodles home. Cancel doctor's appointments for no reason
A: Your daughter may have either a mental health or drug problem and you need to hire a custody lawyer and file for custody or CPS may put your grandchildren in foster care.
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