Affidavit For Child Traveling Alone Without Parents: Fill & Download for Free

I’m not sure from whose perspective this question is asked but I am a UK citizen living in SA with two children with a South African father, so I am able to answer this from the Mothers point of view.I suggest you contact a family lawyer before you attempt to travel with a minor without the correct documentation. Without knowing more details it is difficult to answer this question definitively. If the father is named on the Birth Certificate of the child and the childs birth is registered in South Africa you will need to produce the correct documentation when leaving SA with the child or they will not let you exit. The documents will include, an UNABRIDGED birth certificate (this includes the names of both parents) if traveling without both parents the absent parent will have to complete an affidavit giving consent for the child to travel with you alone. All of this information and the forms required can be obtained at any branch of Home Affairs in South Africa.If the father is non compliant (refuses to give permission to travel) or absent, you can take further action to travel alone but it will involve obtaining a court order siting such things as lack of support, abuse, unreasonable behaviour etc on his part. As I said it is difficult to advise without knowing the circumstances, but if you can prove your ex partner is with-holding consent for you to travel but not supporting you, you will have a case to have a court order issued for you to travel. After all, if you cannot support your child here in South Africa and must return to America to do so then you can argue you have little choice in the matter.Get advise from a family lawyer ASAP.If you are the father trying to prevent your ex and child from leaving the country; I strongly suggest you support and maintain your child financially and do your best to enable your ex to stay in SA rather than having no other choice but to leave. Remember there is little financial support in SA for single mothers and returning to America may be the best and only choice for the welfare of the child if both parents are not maintaining the child financially.

The full blown Scientology experience will cost you your critical thinking skills, it may also cost you a real education, it very well may cost you most of your non-Scientology friends and family.There have been ruined marriages because of Scientology.Some of lost sizable investments, real estate, good jobs and also their health, and in some cases, their lives.Ask Lisa McPherson what Scientology cost her. (Dead after 17 days under the “care” of Scientologists at the orders of David Miscavige.)The state of “Dianetic Clear” is something you will pay in the neighborhood of $95,000 to $130,000. for.The front end sales pitch leaves out many details and the truth, which is by the time you reach “Clear” you may have lost your friends, family, and critical thinking skills.There are good things to be had in Scientology, thats not the problem. It’s what they are keeping out of sight from you until well after your “indoctrination” has taken hold.Before the internet, it would take a person upwards of 10 years or more before they discover that the organization is much like it’s founder, L Ron Hubbard.Here’s what Judge Breckinridge said in his ruling;By JOSEPH MALLIABoston HeraldDate of Publication:3/1/98The Church of Scientology's late founder, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, left behind a $ 640 million fortune, and an estimated 25 million words in books and lectures that form the spiritual core of his controversial religion.But some of those words are a legacy of exaggerations, half-truths and outright lies, according to Hubbard's son, court records and critics."The organization clearly is schizophrenic and paranoid, and this bizarre combination seems to be reflective of its founder LRH," wrote California Superior Court Judge Paul Breckenridge during a top Scientology defector's court suit against the church."The evidence portrays a man who has been virtually a pathological liar when it comes to his history, background and achievements," said Breckenridge, who ruled for defector Gerry Armstrong in the 1984 case.Some claims by L. Ron Hubbard are hard to refute, like his ideas about past lives. He said he was the reincarnation of Buddha, and of British adventurer Cecil Rhodes, the founder of the former Rhodesia.Other assertions are transparent.Hubbard - who died in 1986 - claimed to be a nuclear physicist who traveled into outer space without his body to explore the Earth's Van Allen radiation belt. But his two-year stay at George Washington University in 1931-32 shows that he flunked his only course in nuclear physics.One of Hubbard's key declarations - that by mental powers alone he healed combat wounds he received as a World War II Navy hero - formed the basis of Scientology in the 1950s.While recovering from war injuries, he "developed techniques which made possible not only his own recovery from injury, but helped other servicemen to regain their health," the Church of Scientology claims in a 1992 edition of Hubbard's book "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health."As a Navy lieutenant, Hubbard commanded at least three ships during the war, including one in the Atlantic - a converted fishing boat, the YP-422, refitted during several months in 1942-43 at the Boston Navy Yard, Navy records show.In early Scientology biographies it was claimed that Hubbard fought German submarines in the Atlantic. And as recently as January, the Church of Scientology's official Internet site said Hubbard "saw action" in the North Atlantic during the war.But, in an interview with the Herald, a sailor who served on Hubbard's ship contradicted that claim."The YP-422 never saw combat," said former Navy fireman Eugene LaMere, 78, an upstate New York native who now lives in Maryland.The YP-422 was refitted as a freighter armed with only a 3-inch gun and two .30-caliber machine guns, said LaMere, the first former crewman with direct knowledge of the ship's activities to publicly dispute Hubbard's claim to have seen combat as commander of the YP-422.And Hubbard's claim of combat, or war wounds, is definitively ruled out by Navy records, according to published reports in Time and Forbes magazines, the Los Angeles Times, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, and books by critics and defectors Jon Atack, Russell Miller and Bent Corydon.Hubbard was relieved of his command of the YP-422 soon after it set out from the Neponset River on a 27-hour shakedown voyage in September 1942, the reports say."Lt. L.R. Hubbard . . . is not temperamentally fitted for independent command. It is therefore urgently requested that he be detached," the commandant of the Boston Navy Yard wrote in October 1942 to the vice chief of naval operations, the reports said.According to a court affidavit written by his son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr., the elder Hubbard was "relieved of (military) duty on several occasions," including once in the Pacific in 1944 when he "apparently concealed a gasoline bomb on board the USS Algol in order to avoid combat."The affidavit - obtained by the Herald - is on file in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a 1991 suit filed by Scientology against the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI's Boston office. The church had sued under the Freedom of Information Act to gain access to government documents.And there were other incidents that marred Hubbard's Navy career. He once ordered a depth-charge "battle" against nonexistent Japanese submarines off the Oregon coast, and he illegally fired on Mexican territory, according to published reports.An admiral wrote in 1943 that Hubbard was "lacking in the essential qualities of judgment, leadership and cooperation," and the U.S. naval attache to Australia wrote in 1942, "He is garrulous and tries to give impressions of his importance," the reports said.The court affidavit by Hubbard's son also describes some of his father's postwar activities.Hubbard practiced Satanic sexual rituals in the late 1940s in southern California, and suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, the son said."Drug addiction, venereal disease and impotency, wife beating, bizarre 'black magic' occult practices, forgery, writing bad checks, and miscellaneous fraudulent activities including bigamy" preoccupied Hubbard after his Navy discharge, said Hubbard's oldest child - by the first of Hubbard's three wives - who was trying to gain control of his father's estate.During the late 1940s, while Hubbard struggled to make a living as a writer, he told a group of science fiction writers of his plans to get rich, Pennsylvania writer Lloyd Eshbach wrote in his book "Over My Shoulder.""I'd like to start a religion. That's where the money is," Hubbard said in 1948, according to Eshbach.Born in Nebraska in 1911 to a career Navy officer, Hubbard was described by friends as quick-witted, with great personal charisma and a gift for writing pulp science fiction.He had a lifelong affinity for the nautical life and within Scientology he created his own paramilitary version of the Navy, wearing a white uniform with ribbons and gold braid, and appointing himself commodore over thousands of devotees.By the summer of 1962, Hubbard felt confident enough to urgently request a meeting with President Kennedy, to discuss "his study known as 'Scientology' which he feels vital in space race," according to a White House memo on file at the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester."Such an office as yours receives a flood of letters from fakes, crackpots and would-be wonderworkers. This is not such a letter," Hubbard wrote to Kennedy. He offered to counsel U.S. astronauts for $ 25 an hour, saying he could increase their IQs and stamina.Hubbard did not get the warm welcome he hoped for from Kennedy.Apparently believing that Hubbard might pose a security threat to the president, a White House aide wrote a January 1963 memo saying, "Final disposition: respectfully referred to the protective research section" of the U.S. Secret Service, said Maura Porter a Kennedy Library staff member.Kennedy later sent an indirect answer, Hubbard believed, when the Food and Drug Administration raided the Church of Scientology in Washington, D.C., and seized all its "E-Meters" - a device like a lie detector used by church counselors.

A 100% yes and 70% no for I loved him.I am a 32 year old Indian girl, married for 4 years.First a background: Love marriage. Met during engineering. inter-religion (Hindu and Sikh), though similar class. Married after 9 years of first meeting each other.It was always my mistake. I was always a perceived threat as per him in retrospect. There were a million red flags right from college days but I truly was blinded in love.I was - more intelligent. Extrovert. Loved talking to people and was always happy.He was - Kind and charming. Always politically correct. A noble person as no-one must have ever met. Yet very angry, and complaining.I say more intelligent because I got through the engineering seat on merit, and him through his fathers money. My CGPA was always higher than his until I let it freefall for I seldom cared for marks over happiness.He was a sweetheart to begin with. Probably still is. But, was also very possessive. Enough that I graduated with almost no friends of my own despite staying in the girls hostel for 4 long years owing to either his possessiveness, or my friends (who counted) disliked him to the core and took no pains in hiding the fact. We eventually fell apart but he stayed.More often than not, when I was working my first job in an IT major company, the daily routine was - call from cab and answer who you sitting next to in the office cab, call in the lunch hour and call when you reach home.These were warning signs which I ignored and that is my biggest regret. I had grown accustomed to the interrogation. To small fights and disagreements. Enough that I resigned within the first few months of my first job and instead did MBA assuming that to be easier.However, only the reasons changed, fights did not. I was again rushing back home as soon as the class ended, never going out with girl friends from MBA class, and whatever. 2 years passed in a flash and here again I missed all the red flags.I was probably avoiding change as had lost my father back during engineering college suddenly and didn't want to loose him as well. He was my weakness. His smile and happy promises. His jokes and kindness to people.Yet again, I worked my second job. Quit. Got married.He did slap me once or twice but had always apologised profusely blaming his anger. But now, the slaps became a habit. Physical, mental, emotional abuse was the norm. His parents never interfered because they were a modern family and didn't interfere in the kids lives. Now, it was not his anger which was the cause, but my mistake who instigated him and enjoyed being slapped (as per him).I often felt alone. It was pointless to speak because it was always my word against his mother or the servant and I was always held wrong. It went down to the extent that I thought I would be blamed even if the neighbours dog died.The slaps continued. I left the home. Returned back on my mothers insistence who didn't know about the abuse and thought I will and should make the marriage work. And now, my husband openly warned me the first time he hit after my leaving home - What will you do? Call the police? Try and you will know!Such arrogance for having the right connections, a fair voice and lots of money. I had neither money, nor the connections nor voice and support of my uncles after my fathers death.So here, I start recording the abuse. And that is what all I had when I left his home finally to prove my innocence.And this husband I so dearly loved, whose words melted me and made me forget all the shit that was happening, used to tell me - I am his biggest mistake and the source of his misery.Today, this same husband says he never slapped me off his own. I instigated him and then enjoyed being slapped. I enjoyed his verbal abuses and did things deliberately to set him off.I tried communicating asking him to feel my misery. To see the pain I went through. To see the fear it instilled in me that I get shaken up by the slightest noise. It was and still is an act for him and his family.Some people advised me to go legal. To file for Domestic Violence. To get my rightful share of money and property or at least what my dear mother spent on the wedding.I’ve never had the courage to do that. There were sad lies being said about me, which quietened knowing I have him on record abusing me.And through this all, I am left nowhere. Now a 32 year old, with not a job in hand though exceptionally bright, zero confidence, a single mother supporting me and a bag full of regrets. I lost all our college friends for they were really his friends first. I lost myself in this.Today, I am a girl who no longer wants to meet my relatives for their gapes and sighs as soon as I turn, for the questions in their eyes. I don't want to step out where I was born and brought up for the questions people ask.I try to be a happy independent girl who likes to travel. But I know the cost of that smile everyone compliments me about. I am often lonely yet smile wishing the loneliness away.People who know my story say I am strong. And in my heart I wish I never had to be strong. I was happier being a simple weak girl who had love and care. No matter how many people care for me, I still find myself alone.They say they find hope and strength in me. I say, where do I go looking for hope for myself. I so wish I had a magic wand at times to just disappear and not have to go through the daily motions of life. And I wave the thought across with that smile.At times, I find myself thinking of ways to disappear. I find myself fantasising about running away, and how it would mean an end to most of my troubles. Those are the sad days. But then comes the sun, with its rays of hope and life full of dreams.And life moves on.Edit 1: I forgot to mention why its a 70% of no regret.This marriage made me who I am today. It tested my limits, and I emerged stronger, disciplined and positive in a way that was unimaginable.This marriage made me realise that I am capable of a lot more than a 9–5 corporate job. Today I am looking at public policy as a career option. I am looking at finding a solution to impact lives of 100s and eventually 1000s of children in small Indian towns and villages.I am a determined person today. All due to him. It is difficult to believe in myself often, yet I do know somewhere that I am a person capable of helping improve lives of people, not just my own.Due to him, I realised the hollowness of relationships. The marriage weeded out hollow friendships. The marriage added value to life, and made me see the facade of materialism we build around ourselves, protecting us from discomforting questions and actions.I have been depressed, yet always find the power to fight it within. Running away was never an option, and it is not now.I am going to make my life count.Edit 3 - (20 May 2020)I have filed a case against him in court.Its been a year now, yet there has been nothing apart from 5 hearings where I had to be present in every single one of those, and apparently this is going to take 4–5 years. There has been no order for even monthly maintenance due to false blame by them that I am already working and earning good amount of water. this blame lead to the order being passed by the judge to file an income affidavit again in the next hearing which is again 2 months gone. Thanks to corona, the courts are closed and there will be no respite for the next few months.I have truly understood the meaning of “tareekh par tareekh par tareekh” and how difficult it is to get justice in India.To make matters worse, he filed a separate divorce petition in another court after receiving the DV summons, leading to me answering court dates in not one but two different courts for matters which are associated. In the divorce case, the matter was sent for arbitration, where a poorly paid old woman with no sense of how to talk told me:karle compromise jitney de raha hai usme. Koi nahi milta paisa baad mein and kaat ti rehang fir court ke chakkar. Ma bhi kab tak support karegi tab tak!This is the status of Indian judiciary, and support to women from the women sitting for mediation in our courts for protecting the women. India can develop as much as it wants, but even a century maybe less to change the above mindset as well as ensure that justice is delivered without further torturing the women.Edit 2 -I have returned to this post after a long gap, and cannot thank you all for the caring messages you have showered me with.Heres a quick update on how things stand for me today -It’s been exactly three years since I moved out of the marriage, and a year since I moved out of my mothers place. She has been my pillar of strength and I am staying in a rented accommodation in my bid to challenge myself, to pay for my own expenses, and make a life of my own, away from the prying eyes of society and start afresh.I have filed a case of domestic violence against him though there has been nothing apart from judicial delay in the last 6 months. In response, he slammed a case of divorce against me which was 100% fabricated based on lies about my neglect o fan his parents and duties as a wife with an expected no mention of my own emotional turmoil.Also, I recently qualified NET in management, and would be applying to colleges in Delhi and Jaipur for the position of Associate Professor. However, most colleges demand atleast a phd for recruitment which I don’t have, nor do I have the next 3 years to do a phd and then apply.(If anyone of you is reading this, and can assist me with finding myself a job as a professor in management - finance or operations - in Delhi, Jaipur or nearby cities, pls leave a comment with the college you could refer me to.)Anyways, now you must be wondering that how am I supporting myself then! I also started working freelance for content creation and other allied jobs in a coaching institute in Delhi. It is not very remunerative but is a stepping stone in my career. I’m waiting results for few govt post exams I wrote across few North Indian states and should know what path my career takes by June this year. The exams are amongst the toughest in the country and if cleared, will be an answer to the numerous questions we women have to answer when we decide to walk out of our marriage.I have taken cognisance of things around me, bounced back with my biggest smile and am happier than I have been in the last decade. It does feel sad and lonely at times, but that is inevitable. Today, I’m surrounded by few but very meaningful friends whom I believe I can cherish for life.Also, it has been therapeutic to be able to talk about this in my own personal space and life as well. I have been questioned by few friends out of care and concern that why do I tell openly that I’m separated. My response to them and to everyone out there is -If I don’t accept my social status as a separated/divorced women, how can I expect it to not be a taboo in our society. First step would be to not make it a taboo in our own minds. In fact, the way married women wear red sindoor and mangalsutra reflecting their married status, In the near future I wouldn’t mind wearing a name tag stating my name followed by “Separated/soon-to-be-divorced”.Now to answer few of the comments -Some people seem to have mistaken that I have a child. I was wise enough to not plan a family, though I longingly wonder if I’ll ever be able to have a child of my own now.He was a Sikh, for the Sikh gentleman enquiring about this. However, this is of zero significance and I don’t blame him or his religion as the source of his behaviour.Some of you have questioned that why did I post anonymously. I can only hope that you understand that it took courage to put this on a public platform and My intention is not to malign him, but to put my story out there for other women suffering in silence. To provide hope, for a want of a better word.Few of you think that I’m weak and not strong, and trust me I agree with you. I have myself questioned the ideas of strong and weak. Also, it is one thing to feel a persons journey through their words, and absolutely another to actually live through it every single day.Thank you for recommending a book in the comments. I’ll definitely get a copy of the same at the earliest. Also, I myself read a book and found it very insightful. Every single page was resonating with me and helped me understand that the problem was not me and helped quicken the healing and acceptance. For those finding thmselves or their friends in similar circumstances, do give this well-researched book a try. It’s link is — Why Does He Do That?For the gentleman complimenting on my writing and proposing that I take up writing as a career, trust me this thought has crossed my mind several times. I have zero idea on how to start and where to start. I don’t have a degree in writing and unfortunately, the only way to make a career in India is to either have a degree or the right contacts. Pls if anyone can help me with writing as a career, it’ll be a great service to me. (I am in desperate need for a remunerative job and any and all help is welcome.)