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Originally Posted by KelleyF
If Grandma really loved this baby, she would realize that is unfair for a baby to be raised by a 70 yr. old. Very selfish on the Grandma's part.
Unfortunatley, it happens all the time. The same thing happened to a friend of mine. The 71 yr. old great-grandmother was given custody of her 2 yr. old fs. No one else in the family was deemed fit to get custody. Of course, the gradmother was the one who raised her 6 kids, all of which had criminal records and were unable to get custody. That fact alone, coupled with her age, should have been enough for her to be denied custody...but no, not in the eyes of the court. I guess they wanted to give her one more baby to screw up. Two months later the great-grandmother had a stroke and her fs was returned to her.
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Your post brought back memories for me.
At the hearing where our ds was placed with us, the (idiot) GAL assumed we were the grandparents, and actually said we should not have him because "the same mistakes would be made". No mention of the OTHER two children raised by my parents-in-law that turned out just fine, one a military officer and one a church-going, solid member of her community who works hard every day of her life and always paid her own bills. (BTW, we were the aunt and uncle and ds is doing great with us.)
I do agree that if the whole family is dysfunctional, no child should be placed into that environment.