Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

child custody

if both paents are proved to be unfit and the child in question is removed, who would be next in line to obtain custody of the child, before the child becomes a ward of the sate?? for example if i was to lose custody and the childs father was to lose would then my mother be next in line for custody?


Asked on 10/05/07, 9:44 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: child custody

Not necessarily, if there's another relative who may be better equipped than your mother to promote the child's best interests---in the opinion of the court deciding the matter. (These matters are not normally decided simply on the basis of degrees of consanguinity, i.e, closeness of blood relation.)

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Answered on 10/10/07, 11:55 am


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