I Raised My Brother’s Triplet Daughters for 22 Years—At Their College Graduation, They Called Their Father’s Name and I Fell to My Knees

Not permission.

PART 7 — TEMPORARY CUSTODY

The court granted the agency temporary protective authority and approved continued kinship placement with me.

I became:

Relative caregiver.

Not father.

Not legal guardian yet.

Not adoptive parent.

Uncle Owen.

Forms mattered.