Quote Quoting goldilocks
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I am an extended family member of the father, who does not buy his story.

He claims the child was abandoned to him by the mother.

I have no experience with these circumstances, so please bear with me.
Thanks.

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This fully answers my question in regards to him taking the child out of the country.
He is not allowed to contact the mother because of criminal charges against him.
How he was even allowed to have custody of this child is beyond my comprehension.
Something just does not seem right, IMO.

And the reason I asked the original question is because I suspect he might be a flight risk, already addressed in another thread.

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I did not know if it was the task of the court or an atty, due to my lack of knowledge on such matters. He had a family law atty on the case.

I did not intend to imply that the dad knows the mother's current location.
The last known location was when she handed the child over to him via a family member.
Then, she allegedly moved...address unknown.
I am implying that the court knows where she is, because she is a witness for the prosecution in the dad's criminal case.
Technically it IS possible for one parent to get sole legal and physcial custody without the knowledge of the other parent. When it happens its usually a situation where the parent who has the child is able to demonstrate to the court that the other parent's location is unknown, and they are allowed to serve the other parent via publication.

Once one parent has sole legal and physical custody, they ARE able to obtain a passport for the child without the signature of the other parent and they CAN travel outside of the US with the child without the permission of the other parent.

Its also possible that a family law court, making decisions about custody would have no knowledge of any criminal actions pending against the parent who has possession of the child if the other parent was not present to make them aware of such.