I am in Grandview, Wa. I hope a lawyer answers your question soon. When your daughter leaves does she give you gardianship in case of emergancy. If the kdis needed medical attention etc. You should get her to sign one. That might be a start to getting the kids. I'm also having problems with my son and daughter in law mistreating my three granddaughters, twins 4 and little sister3. I wish you all the luck and hope you get help soon. I will say a prayer for you and the kids.

There are a couple of routes you can take to handle this matter:

First, you can always start a 'Third Party' custody action for the children in the Yakima County Superior Court. Essentially, you are telling the Judge that neither the mother or any of the fathers are fit parents and that you and your spouse are the only ones that are really responsible for their daily care, custody and control. This is an adversarial 'fight' that you will have with your daughter and you will most definitely need the assistance of an attorney to get temporary orders to start with, let alone to complete the process.

Second, you can ask for guardianship, but frankly, this will mean very little if the mother ever wants to take the children back. Parents are always presumed to be the primary caretakers of their children.

Finally, you can always file a complaint with DSHS/DCFS/CPS and request the State investigate the condition of these children. Ultimately the State could file a dependency petition and the children will be taken away. You may get the children returned into your custody or your family may lose these children altogether -- not a very attractive option--and that's why I would AVOID this if at all possible.

I'm assuming you don't have a lot of money, so I'm going to give you the link to the N.W. Justice Project. But I warn you, they have very limited resources. I hope this helped.

Here's the link:

http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/WA/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/%20/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/WA/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/%20/LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/3/iProblemCodeID/1310100/sTopicImage/familyjuvenile.gif/iTopicID/862/ichannelid/7/bAllState/0