SAN DIEGO -- The grandmother of the 4-year-old missing Ohio girl found in San Diego County with her mother and her mother's sex offender boyfriend is growing increasingly frustrated.

Mary Watson can't understand the delays preventing her from seeing her granddaughter, Haylee Donathan.

Donathan was discovered Tuesday after a tip led authorities to the Morningstar Ranch, a Christian retreat in Valley Center. Police arrested Donathan's mother, Candace Watson, and her mother's boyfriend Robbi Potter, a convicted sex offender.

Haylee had been reported as missing after she and her mother left for a camping trip on May 28 and didn't return as scheduled.

Now, four days after Haylee was taken into protective custody her grandmother in Ohio said she's fed up with the bureaucracy. She told 10News that her bags are packed and she's ready to fly out to San Diego to pick up the little girl but it's not happening and she's growing impatient.

"As far as I'm concerned -- pardon my language -- [they] don't know what they're doing," Mary Watson told 10News.

Watson's angry at the legal process and the time involved.

"I have custody of my granddaughter," she said. "I have legal rights and they won't give her to me. Won't even let me talk to her."

County Child Welfare Services won't comment on any specific cases but told 10News that there is always an investigation before a child is placed.

After 48 hours a petition is filed in juvenile court for a custody order then it could be weeks or months before a decision is made. Relatives get priority, but nothing's automatic. And Grandma Watson's tired of waiting.

"They told me they'll keep her until July 15th... somehting about some court," Watson told 10News. "[They] said they had custody and I don't know how."

Mrs. Watson said she's been told some other relative is trying to win custody, but has no idea who that might be.