My son and his girlfriend had a son in January of this year. Since then they do not get along due to jealousy issues. The girlfriend lives with her parents, but had a brief period where she lived with my son. This was due to her father and mother keeping the baby and holding a gun to her and my son. The girlfriend dropped the charges on her father and has since moved back to her parents as she got mad at my son over another girl. I was able to see my grandson at the hospital and during the time that she stayed with my son, but I have not been allowed to see him since. She will not return my calls when I am in town. She has also refused to take money from my son and refuses to let him see his son because they are "not together" anymore. Her father is trying to get custody of my grandson and he has hired an attorney to get
child support and custody for his daughter right now. It is a woman attorney and the judge will also be a woman. The girlfriend's father is a known drug dealer and I cannot prove it. Only thing I have is that he owns a home he paid cash for, is putting two additions on it, owns several new cars and works for approx 15.00 an hour. He has a local prominent attorney hired on retainer just in case he would get arrested for drug charges. The attorney's are his friends. There is more I know, but I cannot prove it. My son does not have the money for an attorney, nor do I. I would love to be a part of my grandson's life and for some reason, my son feels he is in a losing battle with this family.
I need help on this. If the ex-girlfriend gets custody of my grandson, her father will eventually try to take custody from her. She has told my son that she did not want to take him to court and her father has forced her to or he will kick her out.
Do I have any rights as the grandmother? How can I make sure that my son does not lose his custodial rights?