You will need to file for custody in the court with proper jurisdiction. If your mother, the child's grandmother, has legal custody you will need to file for a change of custody in whatever court initially granted your mother custody of your child. You will need to show that a change of circumstances has occurred and that the court granting you custody is in the best interest of the child. If the court has never officially granted Legal Custody to your mother, but has granted Temporary Custody to her all you will need to do is demonstrate that it is in the child's best interest that you have legal custody of the child.
Answered on Jun 07th, 2011 at 11:13 AM