Please can you advise the position regarding childrens passports which my ex wife holds? She is taking the children away (fine by me) and we have booked a holiday 6 weeks later. She is refusing to confirm whether or not she will give me the passports ( I suspect not as she is very bitter & vindictive).
I have heard the children may be able to have 2 passports in certain circumstances but cant find any information on this on line.
We are divorced and have Joint Parental Responsibilty with a CAO in place for shared care
Any advice welcome
hi, does your CAO make any mention about passports and travelling abroad?
@bill337 hi
no passports weren’t discussed in CAO
we were in lockdown at the time so didn’t give it a thought
@Nick13 ok. if she is not going to hand over passports then unfortunately you may have to return to court to sort this out. As far as I know a child cannot have 2 passports, unless they have dual citizenship.
if you decide to return to court you can apply with a c100 form, and tick the box for a specific issues order. You can ask court to vary your current order to include travel abroad. you would have to attend mediation before making the application. In my CAO there is mention of travel abroad, and that both parents have to co-operate with passport issues, and give each other 2 months notice if they want to take kids abroad. if your holiday is just few weeks away. it may be possible for you to skip mediation with your ex and get an urgent hearing. would suggest to first speak to a family mediator.
