[sschultz92]

I'm sarah and I'm 18 years old and my baby sister is 16 and I live on my own and my sister was adopted when she was little, and she does not enjoy living with her adopted mother, can I fight for her to live with me
Just a quick question.

[this8384]

im sarah and im 18 years old and my baby sister is 16 and i live on my own and my sister was adopted when she was little, and she does not enjoy living with her adopted mother, can i fight for her to live with me
Just a quick question.

You need to prove that the adoptive mother is not properly caring for her. If the only issue is that they don't get along, that's not grounds for adoption. Is there more to the situation?

[Synnen]

By the time you:
1. Get a lawyer
2. Prove her legal mother is unfit
3. Go to court for custody
4. Have parental rights severed
5. Adopt

Your sister will be 18.

Don't bother.

We don't always get along with the people we live with--and with parents, it's usually because they want teenagers to actually take responsibility and obey rules, and most teens HATE that they're not the center of the universe and can't always have their way with their parents. That's NOT grounds for neglect or abuse--the ONLY ways you're going to get an involuntary TPR.

PS--if your sister was adopted and is legally now the child of different parents than you, then you're not even legally related to her. Your chances are almost nil of getting this to happen.