As expected, JNMIL called CPS. It was rather telling because the complaints were all about crap that hasn’t even applied in over a year. They came right as I was leaving an appointment to do pre-hire paperwork for a new job (I was asked to resign from my last job on 6/2 for reasons that are illegal but I’m tired of fighting them and was mostly check out anyway.)
The caseworker was happy with the house, noted that things were “We have children” clean, my daughter and my bonus daughter were both clean, dressed, and well groomed. We have my daughter wait listed with a local therapy clinic that she’s been seen through before. We actively attend to medical concerns and there are genetics on my side to account for a lot of the problems my daughter has. I gave them my mother’s contact information for a third party interview since my mom sees both girls on a semi regular basis. She texted me this morning to let me know they called her and what she said (the absolute truth because there was no reason to lie.) She knows I do my absolute best, even when I’m completely exhausted from long graveyard shifts.
CPS is already putting in the paperwork to close the case. I really don’t know what JNMIL thought this would accomplish. She lives more than a full day’s non stop driving away. I have two sisters and my mom less than 15 minutes away, another sister less than 1 hour away, and a brother less than 2 hours away. Even my sister who lives 12 hours away is more likely to be chosen as a temporary guardian because she was our child care provider when we moved away from JNMILs roach infested house until I went to night shifts in 2020 so an adult was always home.
I’ve slipped a little lie to my dad about my new job wanting us to move to another state in three months. Haven’t heard anything further from JNMIL so either he’s not the rat or she’s delusional enough to think CPS will give her custody and it won’t matter.