Another passport question... UGH

[sailorgirl]

With apologies, but I don't think this has been raised before. Are passports required for minor children traveling with one parent who shares joint custody with the other. The State Departmnent site is unclear... to me at least. Has anyone dealt with this before.
Do you need some sort of written consent from the other parent?
Thanks

[LandLockedBeachLover]

I was in the same boat since me and my ex have joint custody. You can either a) have your ex go with you to a passport office to apply in person or b) fill out a notarized consent form that is available on-line. Link below:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms/ ... 3_846.html

If you apply in person, be sure to check their hours. It is usually M-F 9-4.

Truly, a pain in the keyster for divorced parents to get their kids a passport!

[Ksea]

If the child is under 14 both parents must go apply for the passport. If the child is 14 or over, only one parent needs to go. As an added precaution, Im taking the form linked in the previous post with us along with the passport if it ever gets here!

[sailorgirl]

Actually, the minor is the child a friend who now may need to bring him along for what was to be our "Girls week on St. John" in august. No problem, we love him and are happy to have him along. He already has a passport, which is in his father's possession. Doesn't look like Dad wants to give it up to my friend. It has been a long and ugly battle. Dad is pissed that my friend is going to St. John with us and refuses to both take the child for the week or allow him to go with Mom, talk about a control freak.

But I digress.. soory he just makes me so mad. So it sounds like in any event a minor needs a passport to go to St. John, unlike an adult, but if he has a passport, no other consent form is needed?

[Ksea]

Actually, the child does not need any identification to go to St. John. He would need it for the BVI though. We all got passports just to make things easier. I have taken my son on many trips and no one has ever asked for HIS id. I do bring his birth certificate tho just in case.