DH is filling in the form for more holiday contact with his DS (9). We've been putting it off for ages in the hope that we might make progress some other way, but mediation didn't get off the ground and we are no further forward. There is already a court order in place which gives an extra day of holiday contact per week of the holidays. The psychologist who made the report for the court (DSS's mum has MH issues) said she would cope with contact increasing, but DH should leave holiday contact as it was for 12 months to help DSS's mum come to terms with it. (That was 3 years ago)
DSS has been saying for ages that he really wants to come on holiday and have longer stays with us, although he knows his mum won't like it. DH is asking for half the holidays in blocks of a week, with a two week block in the summer so DSS can come with us on our annual summer holiday abroad. (Although obviously we would build up to this level to try and make it less stressful for DSS's mum) Can he ask that DSS's passport be kept with a neutral third party? And do we have to apply for specific permission to take DSS abroad as this has been refused so far?