Affidavit of parental consent for travel of a minor child with one parent Form 2023

I am the original poster. Since they didnu2019t allow me to go into details when I asked this question, I am giving you the details now. Itu2019s kind of convoluted so please bear with me.The mother and father(who is a family member of mine )were never married yet they had a child together.The father has been making financial payments for his child for the entire time sheu2019s been alive(not court ordered. Heu2019s just trying to do the right thing by his child ), has been fighting for visitation for every other weekend and alternating holidays -which was all able to occur without it having to go into the family court system.To make a long story short, the mother is extremely anxiety-ridden and because of that the child behaves in the same manner and gets physically ill anytime she has to spend a night away from her mother( who she lives with regularly despite the father fighting to have partial visitation all this time.)Over the past few years the child has improved with spending the night at a friendu2019s house etc. without this separation anxiety taking place but when it comes to spending time at her fatheru2019s house(overnight)and her stepmother, (all three which get along fine,)this kid starts getting sick. They take her places they do things with her she has a great time with sheu2019s over there, this only happens when she has to spend the night over there. I had her over to my house once and she did the same thing and had me up all night throwing up and stuff because she gets anxious about being away from her mother .We are starting to believe that the childu2019s Mother is painting a negative picture of the father right before visitation which is why the kid keeps on getting sick anytime she have to go and visit her father overnight. Tells her sheu2019s going to be lonely there without her mother, tells her that she might be scared over there with her father and that kind of shit . Child was eight or nine at the time and now she just turned 11. This whole thing started because sheu2019s actually at her fathers house right now and heu2019s telling us that sheu2019s throwing up and stuff and the whole thing just frustrates him because heu2019s not making an environment in which she should be anxious or scared of anything but we understand a child has a problem with separation anxiety.We all think the mother has a screw or two loose and I personally feel that she is afraid that we may be bad mouthing her to the child, which is not happening because the child already knows her mother is anxious so we donu2019t have to tell her anything anyway. Everyone sees it . and she is doing it back to the childu2019s father off of something thatu2019s not even happening from us.So in the long run, for pretty much most of this childu2019s life, her mother has turned her into an anxious, nervous child both from stuff that she says and does around the child lots of the time. Sheu2019s even taking a girl to a psychiatrist but itu2019s the mother that needs the psychiatrist and she wonu2019t do it.Here is the basis of my question(Now that you have a bit of history of the situation ).The problem we have now is that the mother is trying to have her own life( and thereu2019s nothing wrong with that because she tried to hang on to the childu2019s father for a long time and he moved on and married somebody else. She needed to move on and we believe sheu2019s been seeing this guy for a couple of years but sheu2019s never brought him around, not that sheu2019s obligated because thatu2019s her private life ) now with a different man and she wants to uproot this child and take her to another state, and she has not discussed this with the childu2019s father and he doesnu2019t want to not have access to his child so we believe that he can charge her with kidnapping if she goes through with this.The other thing is that the child (having so much anxiety )has been inconsolable these past six weeks due to the mother constantly talking about them moving away when all the family the child has ever known is in the state we live in now. The child is a girl, just about to enter puberty and the mother is most likely going to move in with her boyfriend, but none of us in the family know this person nor have we ever met him and we donu2019t know if itu2019s safe for the child to be around this man.The mother has blinders on and is only chasing her own happiness and sheu2019s already talking about just getting a babysitter when she wants to go away for the weekend and stuff like that, leaving her child with someone that the child barely knows in another state where the child has no other family members.The mother currently lives with her own mother (who is kind of really helpful for keeping an eye on the kid, this and that and any time her daughter wants to go away with this guy for weekend overnight or whatever) Sheu2019s beside herself too because she does not want her granddaughter or her daughter to leave the state.Weu2019re all really upset about this because we think sheu2019s crazy enough to actually go through with this move and our only concern is for the welfare of the child. I donu2019t know how the father is going to handle this but itu2019s going to be messy no matter what and again, we worry about the welfare of what this mess could do to this child since sheu2019s already so anxiety ridden. Both of our families get on really well and this has really been the talk of everything the past couple of months because we all feel itu2019s a big mistake but we donu2019t know how to get through to the mother to make her see that this is really not a good idea.To be honest, I even offered to take the child in for a while so she could have some stability while her mother is trying to work out this thing with her boyfriend, who has been pressuring her to move to this other state because thatu2019s the state he lives in.Iu2019m not saying she shouldnu2019t have her life but once you have a child and the childu2019s father is here in the state you canu2019t just traipse off somewhere else unless that other parent give some kind of permission( when she is not willing to give because heu2019s been fighting for visitation for the last 11 years )Sheu2019s planning on just taking the kid, moving to the other state and not involve the childu2019s father at all for which I think he should be able to sue her for joint custody.Childu2019s mother is not using sound judgment and it will definitely affect her child negatively for years to come. Due to her work schedule she is barely around as it is and the kid is by herself a lot of the time at home with the grandmother, but she doesnu2019t seem to want the child to be able to visit her own father or the other family members either.Like I said, itu2019s a big problem but this paranoia she has is just causing a lot of problemsAnd for the person has said we were foolish to post this on here how the hell else are we supposed to know or get some general advice on which way we should turn unless we ask? Iu2019m sure that a lawyer will come into it at some point, but thatu2019s only if she really does try to go through with this. Now if she finds out that she could be charged with kidnapping she might scrap the whole thing and not try that way in which we wouldnu2019t need a lawyer. But Iu2019m super still pretty sure that the father would take this to family court and try to get visitation on paper so he would be allowed court ordered time with his child. He tried to do things nicely and not make a problem but now the childu2019s mother isnu2019t playing fair .Trust me, Iu2019ve seen stupider questions on here than one that I asked. Just looking for some advice that I can offer because weu2019re going to have a family meeting about it and try to talk to the mother and we need to be sure that we have proper ammunition to make her see that this is a bad idea .

Thereu2019s something that it is vital to understand about laws, particularly regarding things like the line where adulthood is drawn.Laws arenu2019t inherently logically consistent, because laws are written by people, and people are not inherently logically consistent. In fact, theyu2019re very often inconsistent, and prone to avoiding important questions if they are difficult.Age of Consent, Drinking Age, Driving Age, Age to rent a Car, Age one can be tried as an Adult (this one frustrates me to no end and Iu2019d bet is applied with significant racial bias but lets not go there right now), Age one can sign themselves out of School, Age oneu2019s Parents are no longer responsible for their actions, Age one is expected to preform X task competently, the list goes on and on.The truth is, there is no universally accepted start date of adulthood, primarily because the things we associate with being an u201cAdultu201d are themselves somewhat arbitrary and ill-defined. There are people graduating college at 22 who I know thatu2019d Iu2019d barely consider adults, and yet I know 18 year-olds in the military who signed up to fight and die for this country. A 4 year difference at that age which accounts for almost a 4th of the 18 year oldu2019s life! Clearly, age and maturity are not inherently linked!So why is it that a 17 year-old and an 18 year-old are considered completely different people in terms of responsibilities and privileges, when the person likely hasnu2019t changed all that much in the moments between being one and the other? The answer is, because it is an arbitrary line upon which systems have been anchored and built, and the need for those systems outweighs the need for logical coherence.So why can a kid drop out at 17 but a parent is legally responsible until 18? Because the people who made the drop-out law thought that 17 was an appropriate age, and the people who made the parental responsibility law thought 18 was, and the two groups likely didnu2019t care much what the implications of that difference would be.

I found out my father was gay through an online chat about 2 months ago, we have this online chat in our country and a lot of people use it for hookups, one night I was there and there was this person using his name, I inquired them about their location and asked a lot of questions, it turned out that person was actually him. He didn't know it was me though, so I left the chat aftet a while and I came back later, he was still there. He started hitting on guys and saying things I don't think are appropriate to put here.How did I feel about it? He has always been a jerk to me and my mother. Always cheating, beating her, manipulating me, disappearing, wasting my mother's money on drugs. And funny enough, he has always been kind of an homophobic, I remember one time being at a local park with him and there were two guys holding hands. He told me they were gonna burn in hell. It has always annoyed me because I hate people like that. It didn't have any impact on me when I found out he was gay, I just thought the things he wrote were kinda funny.He didn't come out, I figured it out myself and it didn't change my life or anything. I'm bisexual myself and I'm happy for him despite him not being the best father.

Ask your school district for their written policies on excused absences. Depending on how long you will be away (at a time and in total), you might be able to do this and stay within the districtu2019s rules.If thatu2019s not workable, look into the homeschooling laws in the state where you live. Those laws might permit you to travel out of state. Remember that every state requires you to follow their particular steps to set up and register your homeschool, and that once you have done this, you will still need to officially withdraw your child from her school district before you can use homeschooling as a way to avoid your state/district truancy laws.If your parentsu2023 state has homeschooling laws that are better for someone in your situation, consider becoming a resident of that state if you will be spending enough time there to qualify. Of course, there will be tax implications if you do that.There is never anything to stop you from u201cshutting downu201d your homeschool and re-enrolling your child in your school district any time you wish.Remember that homeschooling does not necessarily mean you have to come up with the curriculum and lessons on your own. You can purchase them, whether you prefer traditional u201chard copyu201d materials or want to use online resources.Many school districts offer cyber school alternatives. If your district does, just make sure the fact that you have to travel with your child wonu2019t disqualify her from attending the districtu2019s cyber school. There are also state-funded charter cyber schools that are not part of any school district. If you are interested in one of those options, youu2019ll have to make sure you are inside your state enough for your child to be eligible to attend.Finally, there are online private schools. Depending on what state youu2019re domiciled in, you might be able to enroll your child in one and have her attend no matter where in the country you are. (These are sometimes referred to as u201cumbrella schools.u201d)For an informative article about what is now known as u201croadschoolingu201d (homeschooling with travel thrown in), see Rules of the Road: How to Ensure You are Roadschooling Legally. It even has a link to an association that does a good job of summarizing each stateu2019s homeschooling laws. That said, always get in touch with your *own* school district and your *own* state department of education to make sure your legal information is up to date.