We have had dd's 16 year old friend staying with us for the last month. Her parents are not around and she has been living with her grandmother for the last few years, but things have been difficult. Everything came to a head over Christmas and now the girl doesn't want to go back and the grandmother doesn't want her back. The social worker has said it will be very difficult to find her a place to live other than a hostel. The grandmother wants us to keep her, but she would retain guardianship. We feel that if she's going to live with us permanently it would be better if we had guardianship. She wants to pay us monthly for the girl's upkeep, etc.. We just feel really uncomfortable with this arrangement, we would much prefer to do this via official channels. Unfortunately I couldn't get the social worker on the phone yesterday, so wondering if anyone could advise? Thanks
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IsabelMarant · 06/02/2016 13:00
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