Q: How can i get my brother-in-law for abandonment of his son the he dropped off with me in October of 2017?
My husband (the brother of the child's father) were only suppose to have had him for a couple of months and he never came to get him. The reason we have the child is because the father was living in his grandfather's home and he was stilling from the grandfather. The cops were called on ther father by neighbors because his son was being left alone for hours in the home with no food and he was going and begging them for food. The father has had no contact with him since the week before thanksgiving in 2019. He promised to come get him for thanksgiving break and never showed up or called. I have never stop his son from calling him or even wanting to go see his father. The first 4 months of me having my nephew he would call his dad to see if he would come get him for the weekend and he would make excuse after excuse why he could not come for the weekend. He does not want him. And my nephew wants to stay with us. His mother signed over her rights of my nephew to me.
A: Hire a custody lawyer and file for custody.
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