@GleefulGlitch
As someone who knows all the adults in this case, and has done for years before the child was even born, I’d like to make/clarify a few points.
The names of all have since been released so I will use them.
To start with Tasha did NOT remove her name from the BC and “fuck off for a job”. Lauren and Tasha were living in the UAE. They both returned to Canada which is where they got married and had the child. The plan was to return to the UAE as a FAMILY.
The two women were planning to move back to the Middle East (that’s where I met them) as a family. As mentioned, this would not be permissible with two women on the birth certificate so it was agreed that Tasha, the non-bio Mum would have her name removed from the BC so they could enter the ME but they would still move as a family and continue to co-parent. Tasha later said she believed this was actually pre-planning on Lauren’s part knowing that she was going to leave Tasha and Canada.
Tasha – whose name was removed is Canadian, not English.
Tasha has never given up trying to find the child. She reported her missing straight away. She made appeals and has appeared on TV hoping someone would come forward with information.
For example did non bio parent continue to financially support the child while in the UAE and after the relationship ended but before the mum fled?
Lauren and the child fled from Canada, leaving Tasha in Canada. The split happened in Canada. Lauren and the child have dual British and Canadian citizenship. Lauren was forced to hand the Canadian passports to authorities and not obtain another passport but she defied this and got British passports for herself and the child which she left Canada on.
The relationship was over before Lauren left Canada with the child. It’s hard to have contact with, and pay maintenance to, someone on the run.
Tasha, the non-bio Mum has not left Canada. She was in Canada when they were married, when they split, when Lauren fled and is still there now. They never made it as far as the UAE because they split and Lauren fled before they moved. Tasha believes Lauren may never had intended to take Tasha to the UAE.
I believe the sperm donor was an ex-boyfriend of Lauren’s.
Tasha did not remove her name from the BC on a whim. It’s because they wanted to return to the UAE – which is where I believe they met, and is a place they both loved – and bring the child up there together (at least, that was Tasha’s plan). This would not have been possible with two women on the BC – they would not have been able to get residence visas.
Well part of me thinks she can’t of been that committed to the child if she was going to work abroad. How many hands on parents would voluntarily do that unless there was literally no other option.
They were ALL going to go abroad for work – Lauren, Tasha and the child.
Lauren DID have another child with the “sperm donor” and he fled with Lauren and the two children (I haven’t discussed the boy because he’s not what this case is about). Soon after, Lauren and the donor became engaged (leading me to believe that there was a plan in the works a long time before Lauren fled). The father (not Kaydance – the child at the centre of this case’s father) was tracked down and said he was no longer with Lauren and had no ide where she and the children were.
Does UAE demand to see the BCs of all children, why doesn't a mere passport suffice to get child in and out of UAE? How could Biomum live in UAE without having her own job there? So confused.
A passport is enough for a child to enter the UAE as a visitor. They were planning on living there so would need residence visas which I believe require the BC (It was a long time ago that we had to go through the process with my own kids so I can’ remember).
Both Tasha and Lauren were intending to work in the UAE and get visas through their employers. As the mother named on the BC, the children would be sponsored by their mother via the mother’s employer.