If the mother loses custody to the father and has no reasons for the courts not to give her custody back when shall she retain the custody back of the children?

More than likely they will drug test the mother, and if you do pass the test and get the kids back you must stay clean bucause they may or may not tell you about random drug test.But as long as you can show that they will have a steady place to stay with you and that you can provide for them you should have no problems.

I have a neice who has never cared for this baby. I have had her and my family and I have been caring for her since she was 2 weeks old with out any help from her mother. The mother is 17 years old and it is rumored that she is on drugs and in an abusive relationship with a 23 year old man who is NOT the father of our beloved baby. What options do I have to gain full custody of this baby? Can anyone give any advise? Thank you.

well first step is to go to court and get temporary custody. it is not hard you just apply and i’m sure the mother wont show up to court. you will be granted guardianship. you need to document all of her behavior. even pictures of her on facebook drinking. things like that can help you in court. the most important thing is to keep the baby safe. if you don’t have a lot of money you can apply to the court for free paperwork too. they do charge for some documents to be handled. good luck. keep that baby safe.

I was just watching TV and the question popped in my head. Suppose a woman and man have children together then divorce or split up. Years later they both have partial custody over the kids but the father has remarried, but passes away. Is there any possibility, legally, the step-mom can continue the partial custody even though the children are in a safe environment with their biological mother?

Legally difficult. She would need to convince a judge to do this; crazier things have happened, but this is unlikely to happen.

However the federal government is more concerned about money ($3 Billion or more spend collecting child support) than enforcing visitation ($10 Million). So the step mother could just take the kids and unless the birth mother had money for private detectives and lawyers there would be little she could do.

Of course the other answer which pointed out you should cooperate and be reasonable is how it should be. My answer is purely legalistic and cynical.

Ok I am asking this question for a friend. The mother and father are still legally married but the father is in jail. The mother has a live in b/f and another child now. She has abandoned the daughter of the child and is planning on giving custody away to her estranged husbands parents whom are not fit to be raising the child. Can the father do anything? They are still married and he is due to get out of jail in about a year.

The mother can’t "give" legal custody of the child to anyone, anywhere, without a court hearing. If they are unfit parents the court would likely put the child in a foster home and then up for adoption. The father can object to any of this. In many states he might have lost his civil rights because of his incarceration but his parental rights can only be removed by a court.

Heres the situation..my cousins children were with there grandmother so she called their father to take them and to kick her out of the house she was staying at. The dad has taken the children to a trailer filled with 14 people and he’s said that my cousin will never see the kids again. She’s not a bad person and he’s only showed interest in the kids since they broke up recently. He’s also been known to drink and drive with the youngest child. What can she do?

Unless/until a court says otherwise, both parents have equal rights to the child(ren). She needs to hire a divorce attorney.

The mother in a custody battle sometimes associates with some less than reputable people. The person in question works in a marijuana dispensary and may or may not be in a gang. She texts him often and visits him sometimes. Could this negatively affect her case during trial? Is it common for opposing counsel to subpoena text records, etc?

It depends on the judge. If I was opposing counsel, believe me I would be using any piece of evidence I could get my hands on, so it could potentially come into play.

If a mother is not getting any support from the father can she take him to court to make him get visitation rights or joint custody to make him do his part or does the father have to do that on his own?

She can file for child support but she cannot force him to visit.~

The mother of my child wont’s to give away her percent of custody to her mother, with out my consent. I active in the child life and have her about 50 percent of the time. Is this possible?

Only if you don’t contest it.

Typically, you would gain full physical custody of the child and the grandmother could get visitation.

Custody can’t be "given" away, traded, or signed away. Only a judges order can alter a pre-existing custody arrangement.

My sister’s husband has been cheating on her and I got an email from the slut that he cheated with. Long story short, she was telling me that he went to a lawyer and the lawyer said that he would get full custody of their kids because she is going to school and has a job. I don’t think this is right and I always thought that the courts favored the mother unless there was reason to believe that she is a bad parent.

Courts do favor mothers. Becuase they were married the kids visitation may be divided and both parents may get joint custody. There is nothing wrong with her working and going to school. As long as she can prove that she can provide their needs he cant take the custody.

I don’t know how this works, I’m a teenage father, my son Reminds me to much of his mother and I can’t take the heartbreak. We’re no longer together. I was wondering if I could give my custody to her fully without any repercussions. I kinda Just want to go hide under a rock somewhere. Not be bothered by anyone. Any answer would help. Please.

leaving the child, because the child looks like mother. Leaving the child and the child has no say in how he/she looks. All of this will effect your baby. And the child will know in heart that you left because of feelings, feelings that are about self- feelings that are selfish. And your feelings of Love, of which you should & most likley would have, as a parent, should outwiegh the feelings of regret that this child is a daily look-a-like of mom. Do you care for the heart of the child more than the temptations to run within your own heart? its a parents responsibility to care for the child, raise it, give it wisdom, mold its conscience towards loving whats right, even when its hard. When someone gives up a child, but, was meant to keep it, they have heartbreak & problems later, for they have severed a heaven-sent & destined connection. And you wont be happy outside of your purpose. Can you get outside of you, now that you have a child in the earth now? can you live with your self, knowing that you ran away as a child, from your child.. but, GOD has more for you..and definately has more for the child…and you are here to give into that ione that you are ordained to be in connection with.. now, you dont have to have connection with mom..you can arrange for someone else to deal with her, oin visits, if needed.. But, you cant be a runaway..it sounds as if mom already has done so, as well, now you are like her, right.. If this is all true.. then it sounds as if the baby has 2 heartbreaks bigger than yours before she even can grow to say one word. You will break babys heart, your own heart,..you’ll never be happy following temptation to be less than what God has for you to be.. it looks tempting, it looks good, it looks easier, but….. what’s in the end thereof?

The answer is Jesus