Is here anyway that my friend can gain custody of his ex girlfriends toddler?

The baby is my god daughter and the mother of this child is unfit and unwilling to take care of this child properly. she have not been taking care of her for the last few weeks as she have carted the baby off to her mothers. My friend and her own just recently broken up and he is worried about the welfare of hte child (who is not his) as he have supported her when she was pregnant and after the child was born. Please Help!!
If he were the biological father he might enjoy been able to, but the best he can hope for is report the neglect and the child would be put into foster safekeeping
How do you actually know that the mother isn't taking care of her tot??

Is it just gossip from an ex that your going by?

It sounds like the couple haven't stayed friends and could economically be that he is bitter at being cut out of the picture and is spreading gossip to blacken her name and to bring in an attempt for the child.

It actually sounds pretty responsible that the babies mother has taken her to her grandmothers if she isn't coping, that shows that she's getting appropriate outside support if she's struggling.

I would think most clad people would first try to help the mother rather after immediately trying to take away her child...
Answers:    I VERY, VERY seriously doubt it. That's aweful to hear:(.

However, even having a child put contained by foster care is extremely difficult. Which you SERIOUSLY wouldn't want to do anyways. I think it's something like 75% of empire in prisons are from foster care. Really. I'm not positive it's 75%, but it's a number so high the first time I hear it I thought it HAD to be a made up number (heard on Dr. Phil). You didn't get very specific about why he's concerned give or take a few the welfar of the child.? You said "she has not been taking car of her for the later few weeks as she has carted the baby stale to her mothers", which implies that there is no gross negligence, just that the tot is being dropped off at grandma's. I'm assuming that this isn't a daycare arrangemnt while she's at work, I'm assuming you mean that she is of late leaving the baby at grandmas for days on end short bothering to visit the baby. If so that's definatly sad. But not remiss.

I'm so sorry your friend is going through this:(! Unfortunately it's probable that even IF he proved her to be unfit (which by your description it just sounds like she's leaving kid at grandmas, which is agian, unfortunate, but I'm assuming grandma is giving her lots of love?) that he would be VERY unlikely to be the next one in strip to gain custody. IF mom lost custody, they would most likely consider biological dad for custody, & if dad is also found to be unfit they would then likely look at both sets of grandparents, and I don`t know even aunts/uncles who were interested in fighting for custody.

I hold heard of cases where a non-biological relative (ie: ex-bf) was granted visitation, but the single cases i've heard of like that the ex-bf was involved contained by child's life from birth to 6 or 7 yrs old.

He could try to get visitation (I really don't deliberate he'd be even looked at for custody since he isn't biologically related), but I hope he has a large edge account and a good lawyer. I also belive nouns on these cases is rare (for the ex-bf).

Sorry:(

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