Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

Temporary Legal Custody
I have cancer and would like to grant temporary legal custody to my sister and brother-in-law until I am better able to care for him. Father is not in the picture, sister lives in Virginia, I live in Arizona and will be moving to Virginia in 3 months, but the school in Virginia won't allow my son to attend if I am not living there. There is a code there stating something about a child being in legal custody of a resident if the parent is unable to care for him, but I'm not sure how to get him into her custody and I don't want anything permanent - only for 3 months.

Asked on 3/24/07, 1:07 am

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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Re: Temporary Legal Custody

Guardianship is the remedy by which this situation is normally handled in

Virginia. Your sister (with evidence of your written consent)should petition the local Juvenile & Domestic

Relations District Court (J&DRDC)for

temporary guardianship of the child for the period at issue.

Answered on 3/24/07, 6:31 am

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