Custody battle WITH MY SISTER.
I'm currently going this a custody battle with my older sister for my Daughter..
Here's some background information:
I got pregnant when I was 17, had my daughter when I was 18. I went back to school after my daughter was born, and her father (who was 19) would watch her. Then when I would get home he'd go to work.
One day when I was at school, he abused my baby. She was 2 months old. He broke both of her legs, and three of her ribs. Along with bruising on her neck and face from holding her down and hitting her. He was arrested and charged with a class b felony of child abuse, which then left me alone.
So there I was no money, dropping out of school to take care of my baby, living off diapers and supplies from my baby showers.
My sister (25) was there to help me thankfully. She would watch my baby over weekends, and help with diapers and stuff. Finally she asked me if she could just watch her full time, while I worked or finished school..
6 months go by, (I'm regularly around during this time) and she asks for a temporary guardianship to be put into play so she can get wic, and be able ro take her to the doctor etc.
So I'm August of 2015, we followed through with the guardianship.
Since then, I've moved into my own home, got married, worked my ass off, saved, have a room for my daughter at my house, and am now expecting my second daughter.
In the time between August 2015 and now my sister has started calling herself mommy, and telling my daughter to call me "Meme". She limits my visits with my daughter to every other week, and doesn't like me bring her to my house for my weekends because it's 2 hours away.. She allows my daughter's abusive father's family (who don't believe he even abused her) to come see my baby once or twice a month, which I specifically told her I didn't want and doesn't ever let me see my daughter if it's not within the given time on my given weekend.
I got a lawyer and finally filed to terminate her guardianship. She was furious!! She then made is even HARDER for me and my husband to see my daughter. Took away time from weekends, cancelled weekends, cancelled my mother's day visit, gave 2 hours on her birthday.. made it nearly impossible.
Our trial was just a few days ago, we had a Guardian at litum appointed to my daughter by law who represents my daughter and helps the judge decide on whether she's returned to me or stays with my sister and he was STRONGLY on my side. We also paid a dfs case worker to conduct a home study on our home and testify for us after speaking with multiple references on my husband and I. And she also agreed we should be reunited with my daughter.
My sister was extremely unreasonable during the trial, and made a fool out of herself.. the judge kept letting out huge sighs, rolling his eyes at her and even told her and her Lawyer the questions and "evidence" (me saying I was considering finding questions family from my church for adopt my daughter back when I was 18) all irrelevant and wasn't going to be taken into consideration.
He was extremely kind to me and asked me questions without making me feel intimidated or anything.
At the end of the trial he said this was an extremely clean case and he would have an answer soon.
My daughter is 2 years old, calls me and my husband mom and dad when she's with us and we take extremely good care of her..
If any has been in a similar or any custody/guardianship trial or legal thing.. how long was it till you got a final answer?
The trial fell on my weekend and my sister's lawyer said he didn't want to ask if we could have my daughter that weekend because he was comfortable that he lost and that it may be her last weekend.. but when I asked my sister if we could setup a weekend schedule for this next weekend she said it was technically her weekend that weekend and so I couldn't have my daughter.. so I won't see my daughter for a MONTH if I don't hear back this week. :(
How long do you think it will take.. I think he made the decision there... he just needs to review I suppose.. but I am so impatient, when it's so important I get my baby back.
Advice, thoughts, anything will be helpful.
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