She is stopping me taking my son to see G-parents

I have requested 3 times now to take my 10 month old son down to Liverpool to see my parents for a weekend. (I live in Durham) My ex decided 4 moths ago that she no longer wanted to be with me and she moved back into her mother's house with my son. Her mother has been interferring in the relationship and is adding fuel to the fires, so much so that we have had very strong words to each other.

My ex has now said that I cannot take my son down to Liverpool and will call the Police if I try to take him. She has asked me to give her my son's passport, which is under my surname not hers. I am on the birth cert etc. What can I do? My solicitor has sent her a letter which she is ignoring. Any advice will be appreciated.

As you are on the birth certificate you have Parental Responsibility for your son which, in the absence of any court orders, means that you and your ex both have the same rights and responsibilities in reltion to your son.

Does your son stay over night with you at all? I would sugegst that it may be sensible to establish a pettern of your son being with you over night first, before taking him away.

Are you having regular contact generally?

If contact is fine apart from this one issue I would sugegst you consider inviting your parents to visit you, in the short term. (Your son is quite young, and it sounds as though your separation is very recent - it may be worth giving things time to settle) If however you are having problems with contact generalyl I suggest that you ask your solicitor to make a referral for mediation and if that s unsucessful consider whether you need an order.

So far as the passport is concerned I would sugegst that you ask your solicitor to write to say either that you will be happy to provide the passport to her, provided that she provides writen confirmation that she will return it to you on request and that she will not seek to change his name (she cannot legally change his name without your consent in any event, until a court gives her permission)