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So my mother called me yesterday about Mia and I finally know what's going on.
But backing up a bit first, when Mia's mom, Crystal went into labor and showed up at the hospital to give birth, she was high. Mia was born addicted to drugs already. When I first saw her, she was trembling due to withdrawal, which let me tell you is horrible to see. Fortunately she's been pretty alright since then. Crystal got in trouble for this and, the day after she was released from the hospital, was ordered to go to some sort of drug treatment class thing. She showed up at the first class high and lost all rights to her baby. She was also told she was not allowed to be near Mia. (There could be more to this story that I'm unaware of, but this is as much as I know.)
Well, my dumbass brother has been letting Crystal come over and visit Mia. They got caught. Three weeks after they were caught, specifically yesterday, Crystal was arrested. My dumbass brother has now been instructed to go to court Wednesday at 10am. My mother is concerned that they might take Mia away from him.
So, who knows what'll happen. I'm not certain he'll lose custody, but it's certainly a possibility. As members of the family, we may very well get custody.
So, in short, we may or may not be getting a kid on Thanksgiving. If we do, however, I'm hiring a lawyer and seeing what we can do to ensure we keep her. I am not going to try to actively do anything to make my brother lose custody but if he does lose custody and we get her I will want to ensure it's permanent; I am going to do my damnest ensure she has a stable family life from that point on.
But backing up a bit first, when Mia's mom, Crystal went into labor and showed up at the hospital to give birth, she was high. Mia was born addicted to drugs already. When I first saw her, she was trembling due to withdrawal, which let me tell you is horrible to see. Fortunately she's been pretty alright since then. Crystal got in trouble for this and, the day after she was released from the hospital, was ordered to go to some sort of drug treatment class thing. She showed up at the first class high and lost all rights to her baby. She was also told she was not allowed to be near Mia. (There could be more to this story that I'm unaware of, but this is as much as I know.)
Well, my dumbass brother has been letting Crystal come over and visit Mia. They got caught. Three weeks after they were caught, specifically yesterday, Crystal was arrested. My dumbass brother has now been instructed to go to court Wednesday at 10am. My mother is concerned that they might take Mia away from him.
So, who knows what'll happen. I'm not certain he'll lose custody, but it's certainly a possibility. As members of the family, we may very well get custody.
So, in short, we may or may not be getting a kid on Thanksgiving. If we do, however, I'm hiring a lawyer and seeing what we can do to ensure we keep her. I am not going to try to actively do anything to make my brother lose custody but if he does lose custody and we get her I will want to ensure it's permanent; I am going to do my damnest ensure she has a stable family life from that point on.
