Q: My grandkids been staying with me since they was born everytime me and they mom have a disagreement she us the kids as a
My grandkids are on my lease and foodstamps they mom dont even have a stable place to stay they pillow to post and my grandson has Autism he's not use to change my granddaughter been crying for me the last week they use to me
A: I'm not sure what your question is here because it seems incomplete. But until you get a court order giving you custody or guardianship over your grandchildren, the mother has sole legal and physical custody and can take them at anytime. And if she ever tries to take them back and you refuse to give them to her, then you are kidnapping. You have to take the mother to court and obtain a court order, whether you think the mother is fit or not. Her simply being unfit, if that's true, doesn't allow you to keep the children without an order of the court.
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