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What practicalities can be put in place to make travel abroad easier where a mother has a different surname from her child?

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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk
Published on: 24 May 2023
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Difficulties can sometimes arise when a parent tries to travel abroad with a child who has a different surname to their own. Understandably, border control forces are cautious about child abduction and trafficking and may want to ask some questions to ensure that the child is safe.

Practical steps that can be taken to try to minimise difficulties include travelling with the child’s birth certificate, which will include details of the child’s parents and therefore set out the name of the travelling parent. If the parent travelling with the child has changed their name since the birth, it would

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