I am the relative placement for my great niece. I just went to court last week with my newphew and the judge order that I can't let my brother (my great neice's grandfather) see her unless a court appointed supervisor is there. My brother has not done anything wrong and we don't even know why his name was mention in court last week. When I first got custody of my niece the state told me to treat her just like one of my children. Now they are saying that I can't do this or can't do that with her. I would just like to know 1) if my brother has any rights to see his grandchild and 2) if any other relative placement has to have babysitters approved before they can leave the child with them. Christmas is coming up and we are a very close family - I definitely do not want to celebrate the holiday's without being able to spend time with my family. Any suggestions would be great. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by Concerned Aunti

I am the relative placement for my great neice. I just went to court last week with my newphew and the judge order that I can't let my brother (my great neice's grandfather) see her unless a court appointed supervisor is there. My brother has not done anything wrong and we don't even know why his name was mention in court last week. When I first got custody of my neice the state told me to treat her just like one of my children. Now they are saying that I can't do this or can't do that with her. I would just like to know 1) if my brother has any rights to see his grandchild and 2) if any other relative placement has to have babysitters approved before they can leave the child with them. Christmas is coming up and we are a very close family - I definitely do not want to celebrate the holiday's without being able to spend time with my family. Any suggestions would be great. Thank you.

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The Court has the final say on who has what rights and it appears that the Court, for whatever reason, has made its decision.

No, at the moment your brother has no rights to see the child outside the limits ordered by the Court. If you don't know the how/why you should make an appointment, go back and find out. If there's a mistake, straighten it out now.

Does your brother have anything to do with why the child is not with her natural parents?

And, yes, I've seen other relative placements with conditions when there has been a problem. For that matter, I've seen natural parents have restricted visitation.