Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

Your situation is serious. Unfortunately, when you violate a court order that involves the protection of children, no matter what your excuse, you have lost a lot of credibility with both CPS and the Court. I'm not saying it is impossible for you to reestablish this trust, but it is not going to be a quick or easy process.

I know hiring an attorney is not in your budget is done what you wrote above, however I recommend you get in touch with the Clark County Bar Association, who may be able to recommend either a pro bono attorney (sees one that works for free) or someone who works on a sliding scale that you might be able to afford. Either way, at this point, you need professional help.

Whatever you do, you don't want to start by explaining yourself to a court saying that the reason you allow the parents to live with you even though they were legally prohibited from living with you was so that you would have someone to take care of your grandchild. In other words, you don't want to say you cannot take care of your grandchild and need help, and that the only help you can have are people who are legally prohibited from being near your grandchild.

Thus, before you even go back to court, you need to make sure you have a plan for who will take care of your grandchild during the day when you are unable to. Whatever you do, you cannot violate court orders in the future because that's just another way of begging the court to take your grandchild away. Again, I can only emphasize that you need professional help at this point to help you regain at least temporary custody of your grandchild. I'm sorry I cannot be of more help at this time but I think once you get in touch with the Clark County Bar Association, you should be able to be put in touch with local attorneys who can help you.

Best of luck,