Help please. I am a single mum, father has never seen my daughter, no child support, not on birth certificate and he denied her on the divorce papers, the problem I am having is that I have a holiday booked for overseas this year for myself and my 4 yr old. I applied for a passport last week and they say they won't issue one unless "he" sign off on it.
I now have to sign all these documents to say that he has no parental responsibilities, has never seen her blah, blah, blah. I am scared of this man, and am now terrified they will contact him.
Has this happened to anyone else. My 4 yr old was so excited to go to disneyland gorgeous her birthday. Now it is so up in the air it's not funny. I feel anxious and scared, and I already suffer from anxiety as it is.
Mummies, what can I do. All we want is our 5 day holiday in disneyland
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Get legal advice even if it's just to reassure you. The advice I received is if he isn't on the birth certificate and has been out of your lives there is nothing he can do to stop the holiday.
See the below comment. Help, please. I just want to curl up. I don't want to disappoint my daughter, she is so excited and so am I.
But how did you prove it? He has never seen her, nor his family. Wrote on the divorce papers that there isn't a child from our marriage. No child support, no nothing. This is what I have written on the forms that I have to send in on Saturday. I am terrified they will contact him and he will do something just to hurt me.
Firstly you really need to calm down, stressing out isn't going to help you or your daughter or change the outcome. If you have filled out the paperwork correctly I'm sure it's ok. A friend of mine was able to take her child overseas in similar circumstances to you. Maybe photocopy the divorce papers to show them. They do actually take your word on some of it. Why would he want to get back at you by stopping a child he doesn't even acknowledge leave the country? It seems to me if he causes a fuss he will have to start coughing up child support, it's not in his best interest to mess up this holiday. Tomorrow ring a legal advice hotline (google one in your area) and they can help you through the process.
Thankyou. I will do my best with everything and contact someone for advice. I am grateful for your advice. Thankyou
Go straight to the passport office and get proper amne correct advice in person at the passport office.
You need to fill out an additional form aswell as the passport form it is available from the post office it's called B9 form that's you lodge with your passport application given the father is not on the birth-certificate I don't see you having any problem with getting 1 good luck if you don't have any luck that way seek legal advice