What chance does sis in law have getting custody/ visitation back from us?

Question by Belva: What chance does sis in law have getting custody/ visitation back from us?
Is there a good chance my sis in law can get custody back after signing custody to us?
A year ago my husband & I got permanent custody of his niece. We took over custody from the grandmother, so twice now the bio mom has signed away her child. She has a well known history of drug addiction to meth and has been in a state rehab center. Recently, my sister in law has been trying to contact us and we ignore her attempts, but it’s making us nervous because we think she is working on a plan to get her back. Her attempts are fairly indirect, comments on Myspace etc, but more recently she texted us. We are scared because she is not a fit parent even her mother admits to that and proof being she is just now about to live on her own and pay her own bills at 36yrs old! Not to mention her history of drug addiction. She has given 1 child up for adoption and aborted one and finally decided the third one (our niece) was worth keeping because her mother threw her out.
What precautions do we need to take? And does anyone think a judge would give her custody back or visitation rights?

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Answer by idk
I would suggest you answer her calls because if you are scared right now with not even knowing what she is doing, then think about how scared and unready you will be if she decides to try and get custody back without you even knowing. Talk to her and see what she is up to and that way you will know what lies ahead. With her history of drug abuse I highly doubt she will be able to get custody back unless she goes through a program for like a year and has good things said about her. I still think that the judge would look at you and her and know that her mother could easily just go through a relapse and with you there’s no potential harm that could be done. She will most likely be able to have visitation, but at first it would probably be supervised visitation. Just make sure that the girl is happy with you and you will most likely have no problems. Just know that you are a fit parent for her and she deserves to be with you. Her mother isn’t a fit parent and doesn’t deserve to have that baby, she obviously doesn’t know that her baby should mean more to her than the drugs. However if it shows that she has improved and matured and knows what her priorities are now then she might be able to get custody back, but not for a long time, til she’s proven to the courts that she can be a fit parent. That would most likely take more than a year, especially with her past.

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