Q: If I went to NH and filed for a petition and granted custody of my granddaughter due to being left alone for days and
And the mom is using drugs and threatening to Jill themselves and very abusive verbally to the 14 year old. What does the Mom have to do to get the child back. And what do I have to do to keep her since she is the one that called me and said she wasn’t safe
A: Im not sure what the term "NH" refers to but presuming you are referring to the Department of Child Protection and Permanency ( DCPP), you can contact them to express your fears about your grandchildren's care and provide the investigator with whatever proof you have as to the drug use and the threats and offer to act as guardian for the children while the claims are being investigated. And, presuming that your claims are correct and the children are in danger, you can ask to be designated as the guardian for the children on an interim and potentially a permanent basis. I would make sure that I had my proofs in hand before reaching out to the department since I presume that the mother will deny, deny and deny the allegations and unless the department has specific proofs to work off of, it will be very difficult for the department to take action against her. If you have text messages or voice mail from the mother plan to provide copies of that material to the investigators.
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