can i go to someone house and get my granddaughter from them without going to jail,i am the grandmother,dont?

Question

my daughter went off with a man and lefted her 1 year old daughter with strangers and has not been back to get her,so i am trying to find her and try to get her from them, do you think i would go to jail for that

Answer 1

Possibly. But I don't think you will because you're related to her, so techincally you're also responsible for her.

Answer 2

You are going to be fighting an uphill battle on this one, but it does not mean you will lose...
Your daughter is the childs parent which puts her in first place on making decisions about her. She can give permission for her child to live where she wants her to, and to revoke that permission you are going to have to do several things first:
First, you can always ask your daughter if possible to give you written permission to take the child. Make sure she dates it and if possible to include her permission for you to make medical decisions and have her get it notorized. Then contact the people that have her and pick her up.
If that is not possible, then you have to go thru legal channels and although they vary from state to state, here is a general step by step:
Contact your local child protective services and tell them that you are concerned the child may be in danger or in a harmful enviornment. Tell them that your daughter has disappeared and the child was being left with some people (hopefully, you know their names, if not is the child of school age? They "CPS" can check school records to find her.) Tell them that the child is not in a safe enviornment (drugs, alcohol, abuse, etc) and that you want them to verify the child is ok.
Second, go to the court and file a petition for temporary custody of the child. Do this as soon as you know where the child is located. Courts would much prefer a child to be with a blood relative if at all possible and if the CPS find the child in a "less than appropriate enviornment, they will place her in foster care until such time as your petition is heard in court for temporary custody. The social services and the courts will try to locate your daughter to serve her papers showing why you should not have the child, or that the people she left them with are sound and capable of caring for her.
In either case, you will have an opportunity to verify the childs location, that she is cared for and not being hurt, and that your daughter will be held accountable for whatever is going on that caused her to leave the baby with others instead of "family".
You may or may not get the child, but at least your worries will be considered and if something is going on that is bad, you will be able to have her removed before something really bad happens to her. You must understand that when a petition is filed requesting temp custody, the social services will also confirm that your home and you are equally suitable. So, if you have any cause to be concerned about being investigated, then think this through before acting. Once the door is opened, it will be very difficult to close it again.
If you go to where the child is located and the people caring for her have something in writing from your daughter that supports her decision to let the child remain with these people, you can very well go to jail..
If this process is too much for you, I suggest contacting a legal aid service in your area, present them with your concerns and they may be able to help you, and/or represent you in court.

Good luck and I pray the child is ok...

Answer 3

wow, i was in that situation once with my own daughter, (my ex husband took her for the weekend when she was 1 yr old, and decided not to bring her back.) for over a week I searched at every relatives house and every daycare and never found her. I wondered the same thing, though, because if I wouldve found her, I would've taken her, but I obviously didnt care of the consequences. Ultimately what I found out, was that because we didn't have custody formally established (as to who gets her when) that it wasn't illegal for him to take her like that. So as far as you going to jail, I doubt it. If your daughter has legal custody, she would have to press charges against you. And seeing as she left her 1 yr old daughter with strangers, I'd say you have a good chance of getting custody yourself, if thats what you wanted.

Answer 4

Heck no you wont go to jail. and dont call cps because if you tell them that she left the baby with strangers you'll never get Cps out of your life!. and it sounds like where she is may be not be very good for her! and the type of people shes hanging with probably wouldnt want cops around so when you find the people thats hiding her let them know that you have written down the address and you will be contacting to police. they probably will hand her over gladly!she will probably not be welcome there again. sounds to me there may be drugs involved... i just went through this with my Niece! i got her back and shes not going anywhere. Stand you ground Grandma and be Strong for her! get her outta that mess!

Answer 5

Call the police, get a lawyer and do things the right way - so that you don't end up in jail and your granddaughter in a foster home!

Answer 6

To avoid any problem with the police go and talk to the people if they are not willing to give her to you you might have to get the police involved by taking a cop with you grandparents have rights to i do not know if by doing this if it would cause problems for your daughter it could if these people want to claim your daughter abandoned her

Answer 7

yes and no if you contact CPS they can and most of the time go with you to get the child hire an atty and file a emergncy hearing and custody of the child you can do itin a bout 48 hours or just ask the people where the child is to see if they wil are willing to give you the child in most times the child was dump on them and they are willing to give to a family member GOOD LUCK (been there)

Answer 8

if its your granddaughter? I wouldnt think so. it is your daughter's daughter. your blood relative.
you should go get her and then go to court and get temporary custody of her, you can do this on monday at local court office.
these people are strangers? then go get her anyway. the strangers cant do anything.
also if still concerned about going to jail, call , rRIGHT NOW, YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXPLAIN THIS TO THEM, MAYBE THEY CAN GO WITH YOU TO HELP YOU.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I'd see about getting an attorney or legal advice before you do anything drastic. You don't know the "arrangements" that were made - they could be legal ones. I would think though, that since you are a relative, you would be able to get her.

Answer 11

first i would go for help and then go and get you're granddaughter.because if you go with cop's then she'll have to come with you.and I'd tell her look this is ur baby you brought into this world now you take care of it.you can't go out partying all night long. and not come home to check on you're baby.the baby isn't my responsibility.and on you wouldn't go to jail because ur the one who is responsible for ur granddaughter.Good luck