Carol Burnett Reportedly Seeking Legal Guardianship Of Teenage Grandson Because Of Daughter’s Alleged Drug Addiction

According to Newsday, comedic legend Carol Burnett and her husband, Brian Miller, are reportedly seeking guardianship of their teenage grandson. The two are reportedly claiming that the teen’s mother has addiction issues and cannot safely care for him.

A court document reportedly retrieved by The Blast states that Burnett, 87, is requesting to be named “guardian of Dylan Hamilton-West, the younger son of her daughter, Erin Hamilton, 52.”

“Throughout her adult life, and since Dylan’s birth, Erin has suffered from severe substance abuse and addiction issues,” Burnett stated in her 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.”

The document reportedly also says that back in July, Erin Hamilton was placed briefly under involuntary psychiatric care “for suicidality and drug use.” The teen’s father, Kurt West, is not able to take care of Dylan due to his own addiction issues, the filing reportedly stated, adding: “Dylan’s living environment has long been unstable, unpredictable and unhealthy for a child.”

The California Department of Children and Family Services conducted an “investigation and juvenile dependency proceedings in 2018 and 2019,” the document reportedly said.

“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 reported statement to Newsday. The filing gives Dylan’s age as 13; according to Entertainment Tonight, he will turn 14 next month. Erin Hamilton has another son, Zachary, who is now in his 20s, with her writer-producer ex-husband, Trae Carlson.

“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,” the statement continued. “We look forward to recovery being the next steppingstone toward normalization and ask for privacy at this time to allow that process to occur.”

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for Jan. 8.