LOS ANGELES — Carol Burnett is in search of to turn out to be the legal guardian of her teenage grandson as his mom struggles with compound abuse.

The 87-calendar year-old tv comedy legend and her partner, Brian Miller, submitted documents in Los Angeles Top-quality Court on Wednesday to consider custody of her 52-yr-old daughter Erin Hamilton’s son Dylan.

“Due to addiction challenges and other situation that my daughter, Erin, has been struggling with impacting her rapid family dynamic, my spouse and I have petitioned the courtroom to be appointed lawful guardian of my 14-year-old grandson,” Burnett explained in a statement.

“Guardianship will be for oversight functions about his well being, instruction and welfare and not meant to deny him nor the mother and father suitable visitation with just one a further. We search forward to recovery becoming the following stepping stone toward normalization and check with for privateness at this time to let that system to take place.”

Hamilton, a singer, is the youngest of Burnett’s three kids, all of them daughters with Burnett’s second husband, Television set producer Joe Hamilton. Burnett has been married to Miller, a musician, due to the fact 2001.

An electronic mail in search of remark sent to a representative for Erin Hamilton was not right away returned.

A further of Burnett’s daughters, actor and author Carrie Hamilton, spoke publicly about her very own struggles with dependancy, and her subsequent sobriety. She died of cancer at age 38 in 2002.

The Involved Press