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emsantana99 · 07/12/2024 20:28

I need abit of advice here, my daughter is 18 months old and sees her dad once in a blue moon. A bit of context with that, he cancels 24/7, when he does have her he calls me hours before I'm due to pick her up demanding I go and get her & I won't allow him to have her overnight as he has PTSD & kicks, screams, cries & chokes in his sleep which I don't deem as a safe environment for her to sleep in. I've never stopped him from having her during the day time, and I will also add he doesn't contribute a single penny towards our child. I have family that live in the US ( I'm from the uk ) and want to take her on a 90 day trip starting in Florida and ending in Canada. Upon sorting out our visas, I noticed that I can only take my daughter out of the country for 28 days without the other parents consent to which I contacted her father and he won't grant me the permission.

I will just add on incase it doesn't make a lot of sense, her dad sees her every 8 weeks or so for about 2 hours and then drops her home, this is of his own choice not my own. I mentioned the trip to him previously and he didn't care, he only cares now that I have to have his permission. There's also no reason for him to believe that I wouldn't return as 1 I highly doubt I'd be able to get the sponsorship as it's not immediate family, 2 I'm a uni student so when my new term starts in October I'll have to be back, I also go back to work part time in September & our daughter starts nursery.

Just to add he is obviously on the birth certificate but her last name is double barrelled.

Does anyone know what I can do from here? Tia

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
DustyLee123 · 09/12/2024 07:11

See a solicitor for advice

Sparkle123r · 10/12/2024 14:10

You can only take your child out the country without permission for 28 days of you have an existing child arrangement order. If you don't have this, you need permission for any length of time out the country. As you don't have permission from the other parent, you'll need to apply to the courts for permission.

Purplelady1 · 10/12/2024 22:30

He simply wants to control/ unnecessarily punish you. It’s ridiculous that he objects to this especially since he barely sees her and doesn’t even contribute financially! If only we could turn back time and not add him to birth certificate. It seems the only way now is legal/ court action.

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