Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

I'm a 32 yr old mother of 3 and I'm also raising my 16 yr old sister. My mother is a dead beat parent that left my sister with me in Aug of 2005. We agreed that I would take care of her because my mother can't seem to get her life in order or priorities straight. Since then my sister has become established in the school system, has become attached to my children, ages:15, 13, and 4, they are like siblings.�

Especially my 4 yr old because my sister has been in her life since she was born. My sister has been a cheerleader since she's been going to school here and just made the varsity squad again for next year, which will be her junior year of highschool. Long story short, my mother is upset basically because I found out she took some of the very little child support funds that were available for my sister and she used the money for herself. Yes, the account has her name on it but my sister doesn't live with her. Her father had to pay some money in when he was working and through family I was told the state had taken money out of his check for child support but didn't know the location of my mother. I talked to my mother about this because I really wanted to get the funds to help purchase my sister a car. She had to contact the state to get access to the funds, and she did. We agreed as

Soon as it was available she would five all the information to me since I'm the care taker, and she did. I have the child support debit card. I recently called to find out the exact amount on the card, because I was told there was around 1000.00 dollars, give or take a few. To my surprise there was only 495.00. I immediately called my mother and asked if she ha taken any money before she gave me the card and her answer was no and became very angry. We hung up and she sent me a text message saying to pack my sister up. She said she was coming to get her. I left my house with my sister and she did come. She waited at my house for a while and finally left. Then left me a voice mail message admitting to taking the money and that she told me she did. She never told me that. My mother has a history of mental illness, can't seem to keep a

Job, lives in motel with her boyfriend that she has said to me and a couple others he is a drug addict and has forced her to inject drugs and other horrible things. I'm not letting her take my sister from a good solid family environment to that and my sister said she's not going. So my question is: what rights do we have if any? What do I need to do to keep my sister with me and get my mother out of the picture?

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