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[quote=Anonymous]My 14 and 15 yo nephews live with my brother-in-law in Pennsylvania. Their mother (my sister) is in jail for drugs. She has been an addict for 10+ years.

My brother-in-law (let’s call him Jimmy) is not the brightest bulb and is also in poor health so hasn’t held a job in many years and is on SSI. Jimmy continually just can’t get it together so my brother and I are continually paying back rent and penalties to prevent them from being evicted. Over the years they have been evicted more times than I can count.

Even though Jimmy continually puts his family in the situation he actually loves his sons and they love him. He is just not real smart and his wife (my sister) has been MIA for so many years. He can’t figure out how to not get behind.

Here’s the conundrum: they are about to get evicted again. My brother and I could take my nephews in until they graduate from high school but at the end of the day they want to be with their father and there is no way in hell Jimmy is living with me. I would hate for them to be separated from the one person who didn't abandon them.

WWYD? In a perfect world, our nephews and their father would move to a place closer to my brother or I so we could be a part of their lives. But Jimmy can’t afford to live in impoverished PA let alone expensive DC so we’d have to pay most if not all of their rent for 5+ years. I am in no way rich but could contribute $600 a month without eating cat food in retirement. Advice please!
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