That was the form she forged! The notorized form from the state dept... and to make matters worse, she works for a "governmental agency" which is how she talked someone into notorizing the document.

Janice, in your situation, I completely see where you are coming from and your ex was being an ass. But this woman has always "been above the law, above the divorce decree" and simply acted out of hate for years (The kids live with DH and me which makes her "demands" worse. I do HER job and she still, every few months, makes demands on DH for no other reason than to piss us off). She left DH a voicemail and demanded he come down to the post office right then, or else...well, um...we were out of town and he doesn't jump for her anymore. Yes he used to, but has changed quite a bit over the last few years. The problem is my DH knew she wanted to travel during her summer visitation (even though she booked the trip without permission, at that point there was "knowledge" and he didn't stop her)so we don't have much for a modification for custody because of that. What's sad (for her) is if she would have waited one more business day he would have signed but put a "condition" on the passport being only for the one trip. She just thinks she's above the law. Always has.... We filed a report with the county sheriff and they said it's a definite forgery with all the proof we need. From here, they decide if it's worth pursuing...So she's getting the passports, and her trip with the kids, but may have some serious questions to answer. I doubt much will come of it with overcrowding of jails and such but it may just scare her a little and make her stop trying to do these illegal things. Worse case it's a police file to use as proof once we have enough evidence to modify custody.
Thanks for all the comments and I'll keep you posted!

Yep, Krissy...his name is on both of them! She filled out the form that is supposed to be signed and notorized by the other parent, forged his name to it, looked up his social # and had a "buddy" notorize the document.

The trip is supposed to be sometime this week. As of Monday, BM states she has not received the passports. She also said she got in trouble at work because the sheriff came there to question her! Yep, she won't give us her address so we gave the police her work address. We haven't heard from the detective in a couple of weeks (not sure why?) but DH left him a voicemail asking about the status of the case. So far, no callback...

So we don't know 1) if the kids are going with her for 2 weeks in June 2) if they are leaving the country during those 2 weeks 3) what the status of the investigation is and 4) who confiscated the passports?? May have been the police...not sure. I feel like I live in a soap opera. No, more like Jerry Springer. More updates later!

BM is getting them for the 2 weeks visitation but the passports were confiscated and held because of the forgery. As far as ProudMom's comment of going too far with it and what will the kids think...I don't think DH went too far. We deal with a bipolar BM who doesn't follow any rules, never has. The kids were with her when she forged his name, crying and telling her it was wrong. She told them she didn't care. Also she physically and mentally abuses both her kids and abused my DH when they were married. Actually stabbed him with her keys in front of their daughter who was 3 at the time. So please don't judge me based on one decision to try and set boundaries. As for SDs - they are excited. Of course they want to see their mom, and they are...but they both told DH they were really scared to leave the country with her because they don't feel safe with her and they didn't know how to sneak and call him if they were in another country. All the actions taken here were for the best interests of the SDs, they were DH's decisions and I support him 100%.

This has nothing to do with custody or the children suffering. In this case the BM doesn't have custody so we aren't trying to get it, WE HAVE IT. She doesn't even want it. Yes, what she did was stupid. The kids aren't suffering, we have them in therapy and it's well documented that they were upset by their BM actions of forging DH name and how they didn't feel safe leaving the country with their own mother. She's got problems, major problems. They still love her and we never speak bad about her. However they ARE smart enough to know she's unstable. When they stay with her she has babysitters all the time and doesn't even spend time with them.... who's causing the suffering then??