Thanks Jim, HBG, Q1 and Marko.

She's a great kid considering her mother is a total waste of space. She's our faux granddaughter. Our daughter Allyce has a long term relationship with her father Jack and the access rights to her are a constant battle because of her psychotic mother. Jack and Allyce and saving for a house deposit and the money to fight for full custody to stop her being pulled from pillar to post. She doesn't need to live among the drinking, drugs and whatever else happens at her mothers place. She doesn't need to be left alone while mum heads to wherever she goes for a few hours. I see this time and time again because the stupid laws lean so heavily on the mother having the child and ignore this sort of thing. So wrong. ... rant over.