seperated....holidays with kids

broonbear

Man and woman are seperated and have two kids, the man wants to take the kids abroad for two weeks holiday but the woman refuses to let them go, does anyone know the law says on this? ( the kids are 3 and 8 )

Mojisola

Either parent can stop the children travelling abroad.

If permission isn't given, have a holiday in the UK.

Seanymph

is she refusing to let him have two weeks access? Or refusing to allow them to go abroad?

newcook

is there any reason she is refusing to let him take them on holiday? does she think he wont return them?

peachyprice

'The Law' says that a child can't be taken out of the country by either parent without permission of the other, in reality it's rarely checked unless the authorities have been advised that there is a risk of a parent absconding with a child.

In court a mother would have far more success in preventing a child being taken abroad than a father would getting permission for a child to be taken abroad.

Is there a flight risk or is the mother just being a biatch?

FBaby

peachyprice wrote: »

Is there a flight risk or is the mother just being a biatch?

It doesn't have to be one of the other. It may be that they have only separated, the children are young and not used to being away from mum for so long. It could be they have just separated, he wants to take them away with his new girlfriend who the kids have never met. It might be that the two weeks are in dangerous place, or he wants to take teenagers for two weeks in term time etc....

Treevo

Why do you want to keep your three year old away from his or her mother for two weeks?

The fact that you think it's acceptable to keep a child of that age from his primary care giver for such a long amount of time, is ample evidence of why you shouldn't be allowed to take them.

peachyprice

Treevo wrote: »

Why do you want to keep your three year old away from his or her mother for two weeks?

The fact that you think it's acceptable to keep a child of that age from his primary care giver for such a long amount of time, is ample evidence of why you shouldn't be allowed to take them.

I must be missing something, where does it say the mother is the primary care giver?

As always on this forum, the man is assumed to be the unreasonable parent, the mother the saint.

peachyprice

FBaby wrote: »

It doesn't have to be one of the other. It may be that they have only separated, the children are young and not used to being away from mum for so long. It could be they have just separated, he wants to take them away with his new girlfriend who the kids have never met. It might be that the two weeks are in dangerous place, or he wants to take teenagers for two weeks in term time etc....

Or it might just be that a father wants to do something nice for his children, spending quality time with them, taking them to see relatives they haven't seen for a while, taking them to a second home that they know very well etc etc. and the mother is being obstructive out of spite, using the children as pawns.

broonbear

the father wants to take his kids to Florida for 2 weeks , the mother is having none of it , jealousy i think . She says she will be worried sick for 2 weeks and will miss them terribly. There's no one else involved and there's no risk of the father not returning. Does it matter they're not married ?

grey_lady

Not jealous - keeping a 3 year old away from their mother for a couple of weeks is cruel.