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Can my daughter be brought our of the country

  • 04-06-2012 10:39am
    #1
    Jude13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,882 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    I am an unmarried father who has had to move abroad due to losing my job. I pay 800 euro per month maintenance and visit my daugther for every day of leave which I have.

    Usually when I go home I get messed around with canceling my scheduled visit. This has now just happend. We agreed informally that I would visit her (my daughter) four days next week. I have found out from my parents that her mother is planning on bringing her abroad and therefore I cannot see her. She has still not informed me and I plan to call her when I finishe work.

    Can she bring her abroad without my permission?
    Does my living abroad matter?

    Also, she has refused/barred me from attending her first day of school, she picked the school without consultation.
    Do I have any right to have my opinion heard in relation to her schooling / religion?

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    DeLuxy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭DeLuxy


    As an unmarried father, have you applied for legal guardianship of your child? Unfortunately, in the absence of legal guardianship, you as the biological father have very limited rights.

    You mention in your post that arrangements for access were informally agreed. Have you applied to the District Courts in the past to seek guardianship and access?

    I think you should seek the advice of a family law solicitor as a matter of urgency.


  • #3
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    I'm just going to echo the above post but you have no rights unless you have applied for them. If you haven't signed a statutory declaration with the mother in front of a Peace Commissioner or have been to your Local District Court and been awarded Guardianship at least than the above poster has as many rights over your child as you do.
    See a solicitor immediately and bring any proof you have of maintenance/visits/access/photos that you can.
    I'm not into scare stories but it is a fact that she could take your child anywhere in the world permanently without even telling you, let alone your consent. That's the way it is.
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1005/mcbj.html


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