Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

My husband and I have an issue with his son (my stepson). Its a sordid story as most custody issues are. His biological (and custodial)mom had all of her children taken away by the state, and was found in the court to be a drug abuser. At this time my husband and I had moved out of the state. Because of our distance, we wer counseled to petition the court to allow my mother in law to be given gaurdianship until the mother's parental rights were disolved. This happened and several years later my step son is too much for my mother in law to handle going into his teenage years. She wants to send him to live with us, however we have no parental rights because of the advice of her lawyers the court terminated both parents rights and gave her sole custody/guardianship. What should we expect if we try to change custody of the child agian?

The childs precedings occurred in Texas and we live in Nebraska.


Asked on 8/17/10, 10:06 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

You are saying that mother-in-law has sole conservatorship? Or she adopted him? If she in agreement, she can join your petition to establish conservatorship. It doesn't make sense why dad's rights were terminated, and you may want to review the court's file to confirm that order is an enforceable one. This will necessarily be complicated, (and maybe not possible to accomplish), so retain an attorney to review the entire file, establish your standing, and advise you.

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Answered on 8/24/10, 6:51 am


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