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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With how you described her in the second, more detailed comment, I wonder why you haven't gained custody of her daughter? I'm sure it's hard to worry about her, but I would pull more focus there. If her dad won't take her full time, you need to step in if you have the means to do so. [/quote]

While I'm sure your suggestion is well meaning, it is out of touch with what is realistic here. First of all, children don't get taken away from their mother's because they are poor and unmedicated. Judges routinely send kids back to much worse situations than what OP has described in this country. In rural Texas, the DC aunt/uncle aren't rolling in and getting custody when she is living in a "stable" home with grandma and the mother, has food/clothes and goes to school. Second, OP would blow up her DH's family trying to do this. The best approach is to keep doing what she's been doing for her niece and offer to pay for boarding school if that is something the mother/grandmother would consider and hope like she said that the niece is over 18 when grandma passes.[/quote]

OP here. Correct. IF grandma wasn't in the picture it may be a different story. SIL just never really leaves her room but grandma takes care of niece. She is well taken care of, just not by her mom. [/quote]

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