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Sorry, its been a long couple of days!

As to the father's story, its a case of unexpected pregnancy when both were in high school. Lots of drama, rough split (though to be fair to the guy, he immediately got a job and has been very consistent with child support, but never had any interest in having any guardianship of his son. I know he was the first person approached after the mother's arrest, but according to my sister he has a family and doesn't want to upset his wife/ confuse his other kids (younger, considerably).

An update: Thanks so much to whoever suggested the Children's Law Center, we talked to them as soon as we saw your post and they were beyond helpful. Right now, we have decided to have guardianship over him, at least for now. We sat down with my sister and brother in law (the grandparents), as well as with our son and him to talk it over and some other things came out.

Afterwards, my sister confided in me that the main reason that they didn't want to have him stay with them was that my brother in law had recently been diagnosed with a pretty major medical condition a few months ago and they had decided not to tell anyone until now. And this was the main reason they could not really raise their grandson, they were worried that if his condition deteriorated they would not be able to handle it.   [/quote]

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