Todays Continuation....
Thanks guys for the responses. It always helps to know that you have someone out there with you.
Our niece is staying at a friend’s house tonight and they stopped by the house to grab some clothes. I’m at work. AH was completely out of it again she said. It just breaks my heart to hear her disappointment. This is her favorite uncle. The only one on their side that graduated high school. Her inspiration to work harder in classes. The one that always appeared to have everything together and a very positive outlook on life. Now she sees him rough looking and very negative. He sleeps all day. When he does wake up temporarily he is not himself. I am used to seeing this from him, so I am numb to it. She and I had a talk about it last night; it is so hard to hear that it brings back bad memories for her from when her father came home drunk and used to yell at her mom. My niece asked me during our talk how I was feeling. I told her, that I was doing the best that I can and that my goal is to stay grounded. I told her all we can do is take care of ourselves. Her career goal is to become an addiction counselor. I’m sure she has plenty of experience with how the addiction affects the loved ones.
I wish I had money now to move. We – I - have NO money. I mean negative money to move. I make like no money, and there is nothing in the account right now. I’m going to get out one way or another. I personally do not want to be super close to AH. Our niece is enrolled in school blocks away from the house. She is enrolled in a credit recovery program to help her gain some of the missing credits to get her closer to her correct grade. She does do tutoring, and has a therapist close by in addition to regular visits with the school's counselor. She has only been with us since late January, and is just now getting a friend base at school. The paperwork we signed with her parents for temporary guardianship were not drawn up through a court system of any kind, but rather a printed document from LegalDocuments.com and notarized as this was all a mutual decision.
Would it be advisable for me to suck it up and find a place close by so she will not have to change schools and just hope I don’t run into him in this smallish town? Do you guys think I legally would have the right to take her from her blood relative? Should I just let her stay there if she wishes, but keep my door open to her anytime she wants?