Originally Posted by coadoptiveparents
We are going through an adoption here and have run into a problem. The birthmom has signed over her rights, but now the birthfathers grandmother has step in. She wants her grandson to raise the child. He is 16 and in trouble with the law (at bootcamp). His father is in prison, so grandmother is his guardian. They haven't paid any support to the birthmother, haven't shown any interest now until the paperwork has begun. What rights do they have? Our lawyer has served papers and set a court date. Apparently the homelife isn't good there. Would a judge take a baby out of a stable home and put it with 16 year old in trouble with the law, and at a home where support really isn't?