What can I do if my daughter's mother won't sign permission for her to travel from Thailand to Ireland?

@Timmy ********

I assume if she wants to stay in Thailand.

@Timmy ********

buggar ….. one more year and you wouldn’t need consent 😢

@Timmy ********

then are a one of a kind , you have a keeper there 👍🏻

@Timmy ********

then you need to come to an agreement with the mother or file for court ordered parental rights - with an order for travel letter etc

What city?

@Timmy ********

does your daughter want to go to Ireland with you?

@Timmy ********

sorry to hear that but your efforts and dedication to your daughter is awesome, all creds to you for that and i hope you will always have your daughters love for it 🙏🏻

@Timmy ********

do get a lawyer to fight for your right to bring her back with you. This will not be easy and will cost you. If good your name is in the certificate. And she is only 16 and will need her to sign on the passport application. If not she will not bale to get a passport or other type of document done. You are at our limit as a foreigner.

And by giving money to ur ex-wife will not solve this issue and it will be a bigger headache in the future and it will be her weapon of choice to stop you from seeing your daughter and you will have to give her more and more money.

Best way is to get a lawyer to get the rights to your daughter.

Take care.

@Timmy ********

Ok your sort of goosed than. The ex is obviously getting good advice from some where. But the embassy has to give her a passport if she is a citizen but the mother won't sign the release to travel. If the communication lines are cut with the motor you probably have to wait till she is eighteen sad I know. Just an excuse to get out of damp Ireland for a holiday in Thailand.

@Timmy ********

ah ok.. I was asking her age becasue if you reach out to the airline company and ask their age limit for teens travelling alone she might be OK to "pretend" to be travelling to the UK alone.

My son age 17 travelled with his friend and his mum from Norway to Thailand and back with out any problems this Christmas. In theory my son could have been going without parental concent! 🤷🏼‍♀️

Again I was told to ask the airline company directly what age they allowed teens to travel by themselves..

OBVIOUSLY if mum doesn't allow her to go,literally and physically it would be hard as she could charge you with kidnapping unless you did literally send your daughter to the UK alone and you could come after or go before hand? 🤔 could that work 🙄

@Timmy ********

good on you for financially supporting the raising of your daughter. A lot would do anything to get out of it.

I'm not going to get too personal because I don't want you, or anyone else to get the wrong idea in such a wicked world where there's so many predators, but can I ask if your daughter is a teenager, or not yet? Asking that from the angle of your daughter possibly being old enough to put some 'pressure' on her mother to allow her to visit you.

While I don't have any experience in this, nor legal knowledge, other than that, as much as you might not like the idea, politely 'threaten' the girl's mother with stopping the financial support. This support that you're providing, may have been of great help over the life of your daughter. Her mother may not want to lose it unless she has a decent income of her own. If that doesn't have any effect, you could try threatening to take legal action for part custody. How that would work between the two countries, or even if Thailand authorities would cooperate, who knows. Maybe some legal advice within your country and maybe Thailand as well, might be necessary.

@Timmy ********

sorry your thread got hijacked with non-sense about you owing your wife. Of course we assumed you were doing the right thing. Maybe now you can use that to your advantage…

@Bart *************

owed by concience is not the same as owed by law

@Bart *************

which type of situation are you imagining where the child' father owes payments to the mother? In Thailand I've only ever heard of fathers here sending money to support their children as it's the right thing to do, not because of a mandatory child support system like we have in the west.

@Timmy ********

You reprimand him for his grammar errors. So YOU are nice? How did YOU help him?

@Dennis **********

hopefully not too much of a greedy bitch. They certainly know how to be cruel.

@Timmy ********

sorry to hear that. But then at least you have the legal path at your disposal. But it's gonna cost $$$.

A family lawyer would be the starting point.