[baffled04]

My husband and is ex girlfriend signed over guardianship of their daughter to his parents 10yrs ago. We have recently moved to Alaska to be closer to them and so that she can grow up with her brothers and sister. So we see her frequently. My concern is we are now running into his ex quite a bit, and while she doesn't know me, and my husband goes the other way, does she have any parental rights to their daughter after 10yrs? She hasn't seen her or asked about her since she was 6mo. Old. But I'm worried that if she does see my husband if that might give her any ideas into looking into getting custody of their daughter.

[JudyKayTee]

Guardianship can "usually" be terminated by a party to the guardianship agreement.

Why doesn't your husband (you are not a legal party to this) raise the child, terminate the guardianship agreement?

[ScottGem]

Signing over guardianship does not terminate rights. The rights exist and guardianship is usually easy to terminate. Though I would suspect it would be harder to uproot the child after 10 years.

[baffled04]

Thank you judy and scott for your input it was very helpful. @ judy my husband doesn't take guardianship of her because she lives with his parents and they have done a lot, and uprooting her I believe would be a bad idea. She would have to change schools and move away from the family she is surrounded by now. She knows that if she ever wants to come live with us it is her decision. @ Scott Thank you for your answer, I do hope we don't have any problems with her and my step daughter can stay right where she is. Though I know for a fact that if the situation ever did arise where her mother wanted her, grandma and grandpa would do everything in their power to keep her.

[JudyKayTee]

You have it all under control - "most" people who post here don't.

I hope it all works out well - I'm also a stepmom. Congrats on putting the child first.