Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

child custody

my son married a girl with a 6 year old daughter, she had also a son but was part of a child neglect case where the boyfriend went to prison for his death at 5 months old. the daughter was taken by the state for a period of about a year or more. when the girl met my son in 2006 the got married seperated a couple times then ended up preganet she has moved back with us after moving back and forth 3 other times 5 hours away. she has talked about moving back yet again and i want to stop her. my son and I take care of her daughter while she works she was told by her doctor that she needed to see a shrink because of unstableness after the baby is born the doctor will put her on some sort of anti depressant medicine she currently is taking vicodine which i feel is harmful to the baby but she says her doctor says its ok. is there a chance that we can get full custody of this baby after he is born. she has had mental issues since the little girls father when convicted of neglect. there are more issues concerning this matter but at this time would like your ideas of us getting custody


Asked on 1/02/07, 4:26 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Re: child custody

Yes, it is possible that you or your son will be able to get custody. Also,I would do a internet search for her drug and pregnanacy to determine whether the "medication" is ok.

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Answered on 1/02/07, 7:34 pm


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