My mother is now ageing and my 11yr old nephew is stressing her out. How can I go about sharing guardianship with her even though she has legal guardianship?

My wife was given legal guardianship of her niece before we got married. I would like to become a guardian as well. We all live together and are raising the child as our own. Do I already have guardianship by marriage? How do I get legal rights over the child?

3 years ago my husband and I (now ex as of July 2010) got legal guardianship of his biological nephew as both his parents are deceased. The nephew has been living with me and visits his uncle with his girlfriend and new baby on weekends. Did my legal guardianship relinquish when we divorced or...

About six 1/2 years ago we were approached to take in 2 of my husbands cousins kids the father which is my husbands cousin committed suicide mother was a alcoholic and drug abuser, DCFS stepped in took kids was placing them in foster care so ,that's when we got the call from another relative to...

We accepted guardianship of our niece when her mom passed away 2 years ago. We had been estranged from them for years, and didn't even know this child before being called upon to accept the responsibility of raising her. The biological father does not pay the court-ordered child support, but he...