Ribbon Katie Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Hi there, So I came to Australia five years ago, my marriage broke down and my former husband remarried in England in December. I gave him permission to go to England(he lives here in Perth but wanted to be to get married in the UK), the children (four) were gone for four weeks. I have a holiday booked to America and need to get visas. My husband won't give me the passports as he wants half the costs. Doing a quick Google search, I can see that a replacement child passport is 49 pounds ($91) and an adult 85 pounds. He demands I pay $350 each for each of the passports (188 - pounds) so total $1400 as I also have to contribute 50% to postage and extending pr costs as well. He claims each one was $700 hence for each child I need to contribute $350 (50% of total costs). I'll point out here that he took the passports from my house without authorisation and I have since become a Citizen, but couldn't get my kids Citizenship as he took the passports from me without consultation. I went to see a solicitor today and she said in order to start the ball rolling to get the passports back she'd like $1100. What would you do? Should I go back and say I am not contributing to postage, pr and photos and I'll just pay the $91 for each passport. Should I go with the solicitor or should I just offer a set fee or offer what he is asking. I have been racking my brain for hours over this, so any advice appreciated. Also knowing my former husband for 22 years, even if I hand over the money, there is the likelihood he may not actually give them to me. The solicitor says for that fee she'd write him a strongly worded letter and follow it up.....claiming that they would pursue half the cost of the holiday if he didn't give them back Please help..... Cheers, Katie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) Sorry, should have read thoroughly, deleted my comment If you can get duplicate passports and it works out cheaper, I would do that. But never let their passports out of your control ever again! Edited February 27, 2019 by Quoll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Definitely apply for replacement passports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I would also ensure the old ones are recorded as stolen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I agree with Jon - report them as stolen as they were taken from your property without your permission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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