Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

My children are traveling to Chile with their father for the holidays without me. Their father and I are no longer together, have never been married and have a friendly - court-free - custody arrangement. I have been told that I need to draw up a consent letter and send it to the Chilean Consulate. I was wondering if there is any type of form letter that I can use to make sure that everything is included in this letter and that they have no problems either going into or out of Chile. I have also been informed that this letter needs to be written in spanish.

Please let me know if you can help me try to figure this whole mess out?!?!?

Thank you!


Asked on 11/12/09, 1:45 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Brent Rose The Orsini & Rose Law Firm

You'd have to check with the Chilean Consulate General in Miami to see exactly what the letter needs to say. Mostly, these letters aren't form letters. They are just simple letters saying that you give permission for the children to travel with their father between certain dates. For a Spanish translation, you can use Microsoft Bing translator or one of the other free online translators. That's probably good enough, but if you have a friend who speaks Spanish (and who doesn't in Florida?), then you should have that friend look it over.

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Answered on 11/17/09, 2:07 pm


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