Schizophrenia And Custody of a Baby Posted: 12-07-07 02:14am
My granddaughter's father is on disability
for schizophrenia. He has now managed to
get an order for temporary custody of the
baby who is 16 months old. He is saying
he is afraid for the baby - that he thinks
my daughter is going to kill herself and
the baby. Totally off the wall.
He has been in the ER numerous times the
last few months. In inpatient care for
several weeks. He has headaches and hears
voices. He receives disability but has
someone who receives his checks and
handles his bills and money (this is a
disability stipulation).
My questions is that I wonder if he is
capable or safe to have custody of a baby.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 02-19-08 15:31pm
He could be, I really couldn't say. But
where are the parents in all this? If he
is unsafe to have custody, it would have
been pretty easy for the parents to argue
that, given that he is not a birth parent
of the baby and he has been in inpatient
care (not that he should be discriminated
against, but some people would judge based
on that)
