Last month, we reported that the legendary comedic actress Carol Burnett was fighting to be given temporary guardianship of her grandson as her daughter struggled with drug addiction. Now, it’s been revealed that the 87 year-old icon has succeeded in getting temporary custody of the 14 year-old.
Court documents obtained by People magazine show that Burnett and her husband, Brian Miller, have been appointed temporary guardians of her 14-year-old grandson Dylan through Jan. 8, 2021.
“The court finds that sufficient evidence has been provided to grant the matter on calendar this date based upon the reading of the moving papers and consideration of all presented evidence,” stated the documents, which were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday.
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“The Petition – Appoint a Temporary Guardian (Subsequent) filed on 8/18/2020 by Petitioner(s) Carol Burnett, Brian Miller is granted,” the documents added. “Carol Burnett & Brian Miller is/are appointed as Temporary Guardian(s) of the Person of Dylan Hamilton-West until 01/08/2021 and Temporary Letters shall be valid until that date.”
“Temporary guardians have the authority to change Dylan’s school and housing pending the next hearing date,” the documents stated.
Burnett did not respond when asked for comment on her court victory. On August 20, she released a brief statement to Fox News explaining that she wanted temporary guardianship of Dylan because of her daughter Erin Burnett’s struggles with substance abuse.
“Due to addiction issues and other circumstances that my daughter, Erin, has been struggling with impacting her immediate family dynamic, my husband and I have petitioned the court to be appointed legal guardian of my 14-year-old grandson,” Burnett said at the time.
“Guardianship will be for oversight purposes concerning his health, education and welfare and not intended to deny him nor the parents proper visitation with one another,” she added. “We look forward to recovery being the next stepping stone toward normalization and ask for privacy at this time to allow that process to occur.”
In her initial court filing, Burnett explained that she wanted to provide Dylan with temporary care and support.
“Throughout her adult life, and since Dylan’s birth, Erin has suffered from severe substance abuse and addiction issues,” Burnett said in the filing. “In the past 19 years, Erin has been in and out of rehabilitation centers and has been institutionalized a total of eight times for a minimum of 30 days each time.”
Burnett also said that Erin recently threatened to commit suicide, and that the family had to send the LAPD to conduct a welfare check on her back in July.
“Dylan’s living environment has long been unstable, unpredictable and unhealthy for a child,” the filing read. “This culminated in a Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) investigation and juvenile dependency proceedings in 2018 and 2019.”
This comes after Burnett opened up to AARP The Magazine about how her late daughter Carrie, who died of cancer in 2002, overcame her own battle with drugs.
“My daughter Carrie got into drugs,” she said. “In that situation, don’t be their best friend. We got her into a third rehab, oh, she hated my guts! You have to love them enough to let them hate you.”
She added that Carrie “got sober before her 18th birthday, and we had a good 20 years.” Sadly, she died of cancer at the age of 38.
“We were joined at the hip for a while there,” Burnett recalled. “Carrie died of cancer at 38. But in the hospital, she said, ‘Every day I wake up and decide today I’m going to love my life.’ And that was her mantra.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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