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    keleigh2424 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 10, 2010, 05:20 PM
    Abandoment
    My sister is having me take care of seven year old son. It is now going on two months since I have had him, how long before its' condsider child abandomnet in the state of Indiana.
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    Oct 10, 2010, 05:52 PM

    Child abandonment is a criminal offense that refers to leaving a child without adult supervision.

    Did your sister give you any legal right to take care of her son? Do you have a Power of Attorney or guardianship? What were the circumstances behind her leaving him with you? What is it you really want? Do you want to adopt the child or what?
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    Oct 10, 2010, 06:08 PM

    The term can be thrown out in civil court if the child's father is trying to get custody, since the parent is not with the child, but it is not a criminal to have someone else care for the child.

    So do you have contact with the parent, or did they leave the child and disappear ? Are they in contact with the child, ( phone or computer ?) are they sending money?

    Are you asking because you want to try and get guardianship or to send the children to children services ?

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