Chapter 39: Deprivation of Guardianship (Four Watches, Ask for Collection!)
Lip has been planning to get back the custody of his brothers and sisters from Frank's hands, but because Fiona is not yet twenty-one years old, and she does not have a stable job for the time being, she is not qualified to become the guardian of several brothers and sisters, so she has not taken action.
Now that this has happened, Lip thinks the matter is imminent and cannot be put off any longer.
Because, in Frank's current situation, I don't know if someone will kill him one day!
Although his death was a relief for the Gallagher siblings, if it happened too quickly and too early, it would still have some impact on the Gallagher siblings.
The biggest possibility is that the siblings were forced to separate and sent to foster care!
This result is what Lip tries to avoid!
Although it is not difficult for him to be sent to a foster home now, if he is lucky enough to meet a good family, his life will not be so hard.
However, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam have different ideas than him, not to mention the amount of Fiona that has been paid to keep this family intact.
Lip decided to talk to Fiona first.
After learning of Lip's plan, Fiona agreed without the slightest hesitation, "You're right! Frank is indeed no longer suitable to be your guardian, and he will not do Debbie, Carl, and Liam any good for their growth!"
"I'll be your guardian, no problem! that's what I'm doing right now!"
"What should I do?"
"You need to be at least twenty-one years old to apply to be our guardian, and that's another year, and we can't be sure what else Frank can do in that year, so we need to take custody back from Frank as soon as possible!" Lip said.
"You know Frank, he can do anything! I don't want to be sent to a correctional facility!"
"I know, I don't want to lose you!" said Fiona.
"Until you turn twenty-one and find a regular job, we need a temporary guardian to take over our custody from Frank for the time being, lest Frank get into trouble!" said Lip, "do you have the right person here?"
"No!" said Fiona.
"Can you ask if Veronica and Kevin can help with this?" Lip said.
"Oh, they're a good candidate!" said Fiona.
"The next thing you have to do is to find a stable job! I can make a little money now, so in the short term, your job is not stable, or the salary is relatively small, it doesn't matter, I can help you make up for the shortcomings!" Lip said.
"Well, you have indeed given me a lot more money during this time than before, and it seems that your ghostwriting class paper business in school is doing well!" Fiona said with a smile.
"I want you to take this seriously! especially your job, I want you to get it done as soon as possible and not mess up!" Lip said.
"Don't worry!" Fiona was confident.
Fiona and Lip went to find Veronica and Kevin together, and when they heard their plans, Kevin's first reaction was disagree, "What? Let's be the guardians of the five Gallaghers?
Veronica received the essence of this plan, and said to Kevin, "We are just helping, temporarily serving as the guardian of several of them, and when Fiona meets the requirements, they will take their custody from our hands!
"While we are the guardians of several of them, their lives are still taken care of by Fiona, and we are only the guardians in name!"
"Is that so?" Kevin is a typical person with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, who can only understand the superficial meaning, and does not understand the twists and turns.
"Yes!" said Fiona and Lip in unison.
"In that case, I don't have a problem!" Kevin said.
"Thank you!" Fiona and Lip said with gratitude, Veronica and Kevin were very helpful!
Fiona and Lip find Frank together and have a showdown with him.
"What? Let me give up your custody? It can't be! I'm your daddy, and this will never change!" said Frank.
Fiona and Lip were indifferent to this, and a sneer appeared on Lip's lips.
"Forget it, Frank, tell me yourself, when did you fulfill your responsibilities as a father?" said Fiona bluntly.
"It just so happens that our school is going to have a mid-term parent-teacher conference tomorrow, since you are our father, please attend it!" Lip said in a different way.
"Uh...... I can't go, I have other things to do tomorrow!" Frank said.
"Okay! I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you! So, I'll explain our conditions, and if you can accept it, then let's discuss and settle the matter, and if you can't accept it, then we'll go through the legal process! In your case, we apply to the judge to take away your custody without any problems!"
"You can't do that! Debbie, Carl, and Liam need me as a daddy!" Frank resisted.
"If you can obediently go to the notary office and sign the document of voluntary renunciation of our custody, we can help you bear the debt of six thousand dollars you owe now!" Lip made his own conditions.
"OK! When are we going to the notary?" Frank immediately changed his attitude after listening to Lip's offer, and stopped caring about Debbie, Carl, and Liam!
If Debbie and Carl see Frank as he is now, it will definitely completely change their impression of Frank!
Seeing Fiona and Lip's grim faces and cold eyes, Frank felt a little weak and sneered, "Debbie, Carl, and Liam are very relieved to have older brothers and sisters like you to take care of!
"The responsibility of raising the family has always been on our shoulders, and you haven't done anything for this family all these years!" Fiona, who was disappointed in Frank, calmly stated this fact to him, and lifted Frank's fig leaf without mercy.
In order to avoid a long night's sleep, Fiona and Lip immediately took Frank, as well as Veronica and Kevin, to the notary's office, and under the supervision of a lawyer and notary, asked Frank to sign a document of voluntary relinquishment of custody of several minor children—Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam.
Veronica and Kevin volunteered to be their guardians, taking on the responsibilities that would have been the responsibility of guardianship for Frank and Monica, the parents, before they reached adulthood.