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Guardianship rights & travel issues

  • 05-11-2013 12:51pm
    #1
    pinkles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭


    Hi i am really seeking some advice here.
    I am seeking legal guardianship of my boy, as myself and partner are unmarried.
    If she consents to this...
    does it mean international travel for her is out of the question without my consent (with our child that is)
    if i consent to her travelling alone abroad with my child,(i wish to allow her to leave the country with my child) how do i grant this consent?
    must it be legally applied for or a simple letter will do?


Comments

  • #2
    Morag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    If a child has two legal guardians and one of them is taking them out of the country then a letter is usually enough detailing the dates and travel arrangements, with a contact number if needed.


  • #3
    pinkles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭pinkles


    Morag wrote: »
    If a child has two legal guardians and one of them is taking them out of the country then a letter is usually enough detailing the dates and travel arrangements, with a contact number if needed.

    thanks so much for your reply...
    does this letter have to be verified by a solicitor/legal expet (eg i had planned to do this when we both sign the joint guadianship declaration)
    Im just confused how just a simple letter can be enough.

    Regards;
    P


  • #4
    TheminxIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭TheminxIRL


    Hi Op

    My ex partner and I both have legal guardianship of our son and my son has his fathers surname.

    You carry the childs birth cert to prove you are the parent and you can take a letter from the other parent with you, stating that they give consent for you to take the child out of the country and vice versa if you have no issue with the other parent taking the out. that will usually be enough. This does not have to be witnessed by a solicitor just a letter with contact details of the parent giving permission.

    Having said that we both take our son abroad each year on holidays (separately) and I have never once been stopped and questioned nor has his father.

    I know that my ex didnt apply for guardianship until our son was three and we separated when he was just over a year old and there was never an issue with him taking him.


  • #5
    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    The impression I get is that no one really gets questioned unless there's an alert out specifically for someone who's run off with a child, and that the law kicks in more when a child has already been taken illegally out of the state.

    The topic is better discussed frequently on the Parenting board.


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