Legal Question in Family Law in Washington
Guardianship
my 9 year old daughter was placed with her paternal grandmother 16 months ago due to my past drug problem i am now clean as of August i've now completed all my court ordered services and now i'm just waiting for my next review which isn't until january 8th 2008 but at the last review in july while i was in inpatient was the last review so i missed it and they determined that they would ask to give her grandmother gaurdianship my question is could you please tell me can i stop the guardianship thing and get my daughter back now that i've completed all my court ordered services and even completed inpatient and iop.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Guardianship
You need to contact Gary Preble in Olympia. He is one of the best for dependency action issues.
You are entitled to a public defender in a dependency action. If you were in inpatient then your absence was reasonable, but you have to tell the court what happened.
If you are in a third party action, you really need counsel and it won't be provided for you. But this is your life- and your child's life - so do what you need to do to get the help you need.
You can find any licensed Washington attorney at wsba.org. You can also look for the Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association on line, they have a family law clinic if money is an issue. Hope this helps. Elizabeth Powell
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