I have a 13yr old granddaughter that wishes to live with us and not her Mother and Step-(worthless) Father. She is a all but straight A student and very mature for her age. It is basically a Cinderella type story with a wicked step father instead of step mother. When she returns from school, it is sent straight to her room until time to eat, when finished eating it is back to her room until time to go to school with only bathroom breaks allowed. The only exceptions is when the step father is for some reason in a generous mood or he is gone from the house and her Mother allows her to come out. When any money is needed, they sell her stuff to get the money. Her Mother only keeps her for the government assistance, she loves her young husband more than her own child. My granddaughter is constantly asking me to allow her to live with me and her grandmother, which I have asked her Mother but refuses...until around the age of 16. I guess this is when she figures she will have trouble stopping her from leaving on her own. I cant stand just sitting back and watching my granddaughter fall into depression. Is there anything that can be legally done? I love my daughter, but my granddaughter deserves a family that WANTS her for all the right reasons such as love, not because of $$$ signs. I want nothing out of my daughter but for my granddaughter to be happy and to get her wish. She is not physically abused, just mentally from both of her parents/step-parents. Her biological father has had nothing to do with her for 10 years so he is out of the story. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.