LOS ANGELES – Carol Burnett and is seeking to become the legal guardian of her teenage grandson as his mother struggles with substance abuse.
The 87-year-old television comedy legend and her husband Brian Miller filed documents in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday to take custody of her 52-year-old daughter Erin Hamilton's son Dylan. “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 in a statement. “Guardianship will be for oversight purposes concerning his health, education and welfare and not intended to deny him nor the parents.