We had legal custody because we wanted it. The story is long but basically she was NOT being properly cared for and there was no reason to think she would be. We wanted her cared for no matter what and we both "assumed" the problems that the SS people found in her assets would be held against the son and his wife. They (SS) said they had done wrong, but it wasn't their problem, it was ours.

If we had stuck to our guns years before and Grandma had come here, her last years would have been much better. Karen still feels guilty over the whole thing and I guess I do too. Again, we never dreamed that the son and his wife would do as they did.

Spaw