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Can a 13 yr/o be legally placed in a home in which a (NOT related by blood) registered sex offender lives under any circumstances?
Yes I know this is all crazy. Anyway...
The details: My nephew lives with his grandma, but his mom wants him to move back in with her. She picked him up for a visit and now he doesnt want to come home to his grandma.
My sister lost custody of him multiple times (drug use and neglect), had worked to get him back until this last time and my mom has legal guardianship.
My sister married a guy that just got out of prison in March with multiple felonies and is a registered sex offender, its supposedly for a BS reason but whatever.
My sister is convinced she can have my nephew living with her as a happy family, says she is sober, and that husband is "great guy" despite it all. She used my mom (the grandma) helping out my other sister recover from drug problems to threaten her with CPS and such, and now my other sister is not living at the home.
My mom has never done any drugs or really anything wrong ever, and just wants to do whats best for family, she is a manager at a brokerage firm. She doesnt know what to do - my 13 yr/o nephew is at his moms right now and doesnt want to come home so there is that immediate problem - but aside from the obvious moral implications -
**Is it even possible for social services to ever place my nephew with her and her husband? Is there any legal loop hole or anything she can pull if she tries force things- is it even legally possible even if everyone agreed?
I want answers backed by legal reasoning regarding social services and child placement.
7 Answers
- STEVEN FLv 72 years ago
Are you aware MOST sex offenders are not even accused of anything remotely related to children?
- Anonymous2 years ago
No, a child will not be placed in a home where a sex offender is living.
I'd be calling CPS or whatever it's called in your State.
The child, incidentally, can express a preference about where he wants to live. He cannot choose.
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- Anonymous2 years ago
No. This would not normally happen except by mistake, and of course someone like you could notify CPS of the error.
If I were you, I'd notify CPS right now of what is going on, that the boy is in a house with a registered sex offender and refusing to return to his grandmother, who is his legal guardian. They can look into this guy's history, the nature of his offense, and any restrictions that exist. Your mother should also consult a lawyer. She has the rights here, as the legal guardian. Your sister would have to petition a court to have her son returned to her guardianship, and obviously she hasn't done that.
Your nephew doesn't get to choose. He's a minor, and his mother and her husband have problematic histories. Take some action. He needs you and his grandmother to do it, he needs CPS to investigate.
- Anonymous2 years ago
You do not state why he 'does not want to come home.' What you need to do is speak with the DHS social worker who is currently assigned to him, or the attorney who handled the custody case.
