Taking Children Abroad

With the best summer weather we've seen in Scotland and the rest of the UK for years, you may be wishing you'd booked a staycation! But, as is tradition many parents will be planning to take their children abroad for a family break in the sun.

If the family unit remains intact, this may a relatively stress free process.

If, however, parents have separated, the arrangements may cause a few more headaches.

It is a common misconception that the parent who is due to spend time with the children during a holiday period is entitled to take them abroad without discussion with the other parent.

This is misguided. In actual fact neither parent is entitled to take a child abroad without the prior consent of the other parent.

Before booking a trip, it is therefore a good idea to make broad details of what is proposed available for consideration by the other parent.

Once consent has been obtained and a trip booked, the specifics of the trip should then be divulged.

As a bare minimum, flight details and a note of the accommodation in which the child will be staying should be...

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