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- From: ssmith@xocolatl.com (Shannon Smith)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.greek
- Subject: Re: The Scarlet Letter
- Message-ID: <9m5NuB4w165w@xocolatl.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 17:29:07 PST
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- Organization: Amethyst Systems, Fremont, CA
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- michael.polymenakos@factory.com (Michael Polymenakos) writes:
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- -> jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk (Jeremy Henderson) writes:
- -> >On the off chance that the AppleOfOurEye might like to accompany us
- -> >on trips abroad, I called the Passport Office to ask about adding her
- -> >name to my passport. Apparently this is impossible because a) her
- -> ...
- -> >
- -> >If anyone has any ideas on how to circumvent this Kafka-esque
- -> >situation, I'd be glad to hear from them!!
- ->
- -> Have you considered adopting your daughter? I don't know about British
- -> law, but it sounds like it might be the way to clear up the situation,
- -> and to establish your legal rights as the child's guardian, say
- -> (g.d forbid) something happens to the mother.
-
- We're in the same boat--I'm a US citizen, my kids' dad is British,
- we're not married. Adopted children may not be registered, so that
- option won't work.
-
- If anyone knows of one that will, it appears there are now at least
- two of us out here in s.c.b netland who are all too anxious to hear
- of it.
-