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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child and was never married to the father, but he is listed on the birth certificate. By his choice he has very little contact with my child, 1-2x per year. He never calls my child, never answers the phone if my young child calls him. Other than the court ordered child support, he doesn't provide or buy anything for my child. My child has the father's last name. I have a child support order in place naming me as the custodial parent. The father and I have never been to court for custody issues, and he has never filed for custody or anything.

In my state, if the couple is not married when the child is born, all parental rights go to the mother. The father has to file for legitimation, and then file for visitation and custody rights if he wants any of that. My child's father has done none of this, so per our state law he has no parental rights to my child.

I put all this on my child's passport application, and he was granted the passport with no problem. So now I'm researching travel to Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico and Europe, and people are mentioning difficulty getting on planes or through customs if they don't have a letter from the other parent granting authorization to travel with the child alone. I will not have such a letter, it is impossible to get from my child's father, and such a letter was not even necessary to get the actual passport.

When we travel, I will not have a court order showing custody, nor a letter from the other parent granting travel. So my question is what documentation will suffice for this situation? Has anyone else dealt with this? Should I just carry all the documentation I used for the passport app?

Also, are their any countries where I won't even be asked for this stuff?

I appreciate any insight you all can provide, thank you.[/quote]

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