Holiday permission

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So STBXH is taking DC on holiday during summer holidays. I was recently asked to sign the consent letter which I am happy to do. However he has not fully completed it saying he doesn't have to. Supposedly he thinks they can be amended if you want to. The key piece of information missing is his passport details. Every letter template I can find asks for this. I would have thought it was crucial since it is the only way for it to match his travel documents. However now I have questioned this he has simply said I don't need his passport details to sign it and has simply removed that section from the document. Does this sound right?

From a legal perspective all he needs is to show that he has your consent to taking your child out of the country. His passport details are not essential to that. The purpose of including them is to show that you are giving consent to him and not to someone else.

There is absolutely no reason why you need to see his passport details as long as the document has his name on it correctly. You are perfectly safe unless you suspect he is going to give the letter to someone else with the same name and let them take your child away.

Thanks for that information. It is useful to know it is not essential but it sounds like a formality. It does seem strange that every form I find ask for those details though. I was not expecting to see his passport itself. The forms just ask for passport number, date and place of issue.

On a separate note. Does anyone know what the situation is regarding permission to travel is. It seems the general advice is you need permission from the other parent. Although according to gov.uk website if you have a court order saying you are the main parent then you don't need permission unless going away for more than 28 days. But what if you arrange the child contact yourselves e.g. via a legal separation agreement without going to court? It would be useful to know for the future.

If you want to take your child out of the country and there are no court orders in place you need the consent of the other parent. The only exception is if you have a court order stating that the child lives with you, in which case you can take the child out of the country for up to one month.

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