Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee

child custody and welfare
My daughter is 27, divorced, living in
FL. She has a 5 year old son, with
whom I am very close. My daughter
called and begged us to come down
there and get him because she had
substance abuse problems. She
confessed to being a horrible mother
who drinks and does drugs and
resents her son. We had seen
evidence of this in the past, and
were very concerned, but felt
powerless. She holds down an
excellent job, but he is neglected.
We rushed down there and got him
and brought him here with the
intention of putting him in
kindergarten here (TN) while she
gets help, which is what she asked
us to do. Now she refuses to sign the
temporary caregiver order so that we
can get him in kindergarten because
we will ''use it against her'' in the
future. She most likely will not get
help, as it has not happened yet.
What are our options?

Asked on 11/23/07, 2:33 pm

Grace Gardiner Gardiner & Associates, Attys at Law

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Re: child custody and welfare

You can file for emergency custody at your local juvenile county court. You should have some proof of the drug abuse and alcoholism.

Answered on 11/29/07, 11:54 am

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