Can a parent be forced, by the courts, to sign for a passport for their child?

My child's father wants to take our daughter to France for a few weeks and he is a French National (not a US citizen), the courts recently told me to sign for a passport for her so he could remove her from the US (our daughter is American but qualifies for Dual Nationality due to her fathers' non-American status). Did I miss something because I thought a parent had the right to refuse a passport for their child?Can a parent be forced, by the courts, to sign for a passport for their child?
The court can order. You cannot refuse. If you do, you will be in contempt of court.Can a parent be forced, by the courts, to sign for a passport for their child?
The poster mentions that the father wants to take her daughter to France for 3 weeks. Does he have 3 weeks of visitation? If he is only going to be gone for 3 weeks, what's the problem? A father that loves his daughter would never take her away from her mother, so what's the problem?

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you don't say how old she is but I am with you, thought that any out of state let alone out of country trips had to be agreed upon... Hope the little tards saying you HAVE to sign for the passport know that once the child is on french soil ANY rulings regarding this child do NOT mean a damm thing......ie French law over rides US law in France.
What is wrong with a trip to France?





That sounds like a wonderful experience for a young girl and you sound vindictive regarding your relationship history with your ex and would rather deny her that valuable experience. What kind of lesson do you think she is getting from all this?





Just sayin...
Don't get excited about the nut case above.





Keep in mind, you're both parents. Being the mother doesn't give you special rights, just equal. And the court trumps both of you. Judges take a dim view of people who refuse their orders.
You have rights as long as you do what the courts say. You can refuse and be held in contempt of court. You can even appeal, but you're likely to be appealing from behind bars.
Court orders supersede parental rights. If they didn't, then uncooperative exes would make life miserable for custodial parents.
Well obviously, if the courts already ordered you to sign it, clearly they can. But you should be able to appeal, get a lawyer asap
You were tricked into getting a birth certificate for your child by the state, or gave your child a social security number, or signed any other adhesion contracts with government, marriage license, YOU GAVE UP GUARDIANSHIP OF YOUR CHILD THE STATE.





YOU MADE YOUR CHILD A WARD OF THE STATE AND THEY CAN DICTATE THE WHO'S,WHAT'S, WHY'S,ETC.....





IT IS CONTRACT AND MOST OF US CONTRACT OUR LIVES OUR CHILDREN, OUR LABOR OUR VERY RIGHTS AND EXCHANGE THEM FOR BENEFITS!!!!


THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN REVOKE THESE HIDDEN CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENT AT ANY TIME AND RESCIND


ALL TIES WITH THE BEAST.





SORRY TO HAVE TO TELL YA.


TIME TO GET TO WORK!!!

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