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Hi My ex and I broke up recently, but I see my two girls regularly. My ex agreed they could stay with me on a weekend & a couple of nights a week. They stay 5 nights with me and I pay full maintenance. I took them to my parents last weekend in Wales and informed her that I would do so and she "granted me permission" to take them to Wales for the weekend. I have mentioned to my ex today that I plan to take them again for a weekend in November. She says she will think about it. Do I need her permission to tie them to my parents for the weekend? She says she will report me to the police for kidnapping if I take them without her permission. I don't agree with this, but also don't know if she's right legally. I have parental responsibility for both children and she agrees they stay with me 5 nights a week. I inform her of my plans out of courtesy, not to gain permission. Will I be in trouble with the police if I take them to my parents "without her permission"? Thanks
Hi there
Wales is part of our jurisdiction and as long as you have Parental Responsibility, by either having been married to your ex or named on the birth certificate, you can travel with them without your ex's permission during their allotted time with you.
Perhaps you should photocopy the relevant information and give it to your ex so that she is up to date with the rules concerning this.
Here's a link to some guidelines from the Families Need Fathers (FNF) website about PR and what it means.
http://www.fnf.org.uk/law-and-information/parental-responsibility#faqnoanchor
If you are still having problems you could try using a parenting plan to sort out differences, this may help to reach agreement about all aspects of co parenting., which you would both work on and sign. There is a sticky about parenting plans in the stickys at the top of the legal eagle section.
Mediation is also a way of trying to sort out your differences.
Best of luck π
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