u/stelize02

hello my sister recently passed away and we are looking to get half custody of my nephew. my nephew primarily lives with us (us being me and my mom, his grandma) and only goes to his dad's house (which is 40 mins away) every weekend. he isn't a bad person or dad but seems to not like the idea of us taking half custody of my nephew. seeing as he goes to school in our town, he's more comfortable here, and it's what his mom would have wanted. he does give child support every month but seems to like the idea that he has all the power when it comes to my nephew. we have asked my nephew's opinion as well and he prefers to stay here with us. he feels closer to his mom with us and had always been closer to her than his dad. he works out of town about 2 hours away and has no plans to leave his job to take care of my nephew full time. how should we go about this?