Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

Re: Nosey parents:

You didn't mention how old your girlfriend is. If she is a minor, then I don't think there is much you can do.

If she isn't a minor, I am not so sure that paper she signed at the lawyer's office is valid.

Unless your past record suggests that you are a dangerous person and shouldn't have been around her 4 year old, there has to have been another basis for a court to give them temporary custody, unless she agreed to it.

Re: Nosey parents:

Assuming the child is not yours and you have no rights to custody and visitation, you likely don't have a legal question - you have a personal problem. I'll give you a personal answer. You don't provide your age and your girlfriend's age, but it appears her parents have a good idea in not living together with the child in the home. That is not a novel idea. It also appears the daughter is listening to her parents concerns and you don't like it and think it is "nosey." You can accept the concerns of your girlfriend and her parents, and work with them, or, for their benefit and yours, move on. Getting between the girlfriend and her parents is also not a new idea (even without the child and legal issues) - and it virtually always ends up the same way. It is not a good plan.

Re: Nosey parents:

I'll answer the inquirers second question on this subject, since an attorney somewhere rejected his second question, and now makes it impossible for me to answer it on the website. (why would an attorney do that?)

First of all, your girlfriend CAN go to court and get custody of her child. Her parents would have a VERY DIFFICULT time in getting joint custody in the state of Connecticut. The burden they would have to prove is enormous. I do not know what their actual relationship is with the child, but most grand parents are unable to meet the burden the law imposes.

If you were married to her, I'm not sure it would really make much difference other than, your role as the potential spouse is probably much more important than as a "boyfriend."

Since your girlfriend is 27, she can do what she wants without her parents interference. Guess she just needs some backbone unless she's a mental mess and needs them in her life. (There's my personal opinion!)