Flying with a child with a different surname? Lawyer explains strict rules and proof you need to board

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Travelling abroad with kids in tow is stressful as any parent knows. And doing it alone, without another parent only serves to ramp up the stress levels for many.

And if your child has a different surname to you, there is the additional worry of being questioned at passport control about where and why you are leaving the country.

Social media is awash with worried separated, remarried or single parents asking if they need the permission of the other parent to jet off on a foreign holiday with their kids.

And while mothers automatically have parental responsibility the government warns that you still need the permission of anyone else with parental responsibility to take the child abroad.On the gov.uk website a warning says: "Taking a child abroad without permission is child abduction."Austin Lafferty from Austin Lafferty Solicitors said this strict rule applies until the child is 16 years old.