[TweetyMom04]

Good Morning Everyone -

I have a couple of Q's and hope someone out there might have experienced this.

Question 1:
DH & I maybe traveling soon, in which we maybe switching twins on different legs of our trip(s). I wish I could say we are Adopting again, but......not right now, (leaves hope for the future ). Anyway, the Twins have their own U.S. Passports after we Re-Adopted.

According to a U.S. Govt Site:
Q: My child is too young to sign his/her own passport. How do I sign my child's passport?

A: In the space provided for the signature, the mother or father must print the child's name and sign their own name. Then, in parenthesis by the parent's name, write the word (mother) or (father) so we know who signed for the child.

Unfortunately, there isn't a section for leaving a Q. So, since I maybe taking Jr. for part of the trip and then switching with DH and I get Liam, do you think it would be ok for each of us to sign the boys passports? OR one Parent signs but we also bring their U.S. Birth Certificates and Re-Adoption Docos as "proof" of Parents.

Question 2:
Also, have your children ever traveled with their Grandparents overseas in your absence? How was this handled at security and checkpoints?

Thanks

[drazil65]

Only one of us signed Adrian's passport as a parent and it has never been a issue. We have traveled quite a bit since coming home last year and have only used his American passport as ID proof. We have never had to take any additional papers (even out of the country).

As to your question on traveling with the Grandparents, we have never done this (Adrian has yet to spend the night away from us) so I would imagine it would be similar to any child traveling without their parents, a notarized paper giving authority to travel, their American passports and a health care POA with insurance cards. This is how we handled it (advice from our attorney) when I took my brothers kids on a trip a couple of years ago.

[kretzklan]

I only have the advice to offer as my bio son's passport is signed by me. My husband was sent through customs checks with him (they kept separating men from women) and there was never a question.

[momm2be]

I think only one person can sign the passport. If the child's last name on the passport is the same as yours and your husbands there should be no problems.

The thing you may wish to do is have a notarized letter saying your husband, mother, father or whomever has the right to travel to and from whereever with your child.

I had a friend run into some problems going to an island with her bio-daughters and boyfriend. They were hassled by the airline about whether or not the children's father had consented to them leaving the country. This was maybe 2 years back after a highlighted parental abduction case - may it was the airline got in trouble. Since then I have not heard of any problems.

Though I keep a copy of my dd's adoption decree with my travel documents (showing there is no father of record). And when I travel with out her I leave behind a letter allowing whomever is watching her regarding medical care in an emergency.