Depends on the answers to Shortie's questiona above. Generally, your consent would be needed, even if married. If NOT married, dad has no enforceable rights until he establishes them in court.
A court order for what? Your options depend on dad's LEGAL status regarding the child. (if you two were married or paternity was otherwise established, and if there are any standing court orders for visitation)- In addition, how do I go about making a simple court order, do I call the court? (I don't have money for a lawyer and he does).
American authorities can enforce American laws on American soil, including issuing or denying a passport if certain conditions are present.-Are the child custody laws only emphasized in America.
Not by American authorities he can't. Best prevention is to control his access to the child, via court order AND by you holding the child's passport and tagging the child as "at risk" for abduction. Read this:So can he just espcape the country with my daughter, and as long as he doesn't come back to the US, he can't get arrested?
http://travel.state.gov/abduction/pr...ntion_560.html
Any witnesses to those threats that are willing to appear in court, or evidence of them (messages, letters, etc.)? This kind of thing would be VERY helpful if seeking a protection order or to combat visitation or to seek to have any visitation supervised.He threatened that he’d sell the baby girl for “good money” to a wealthy man to marry in Pakistan because he claims lighter skinned American girls are worth “tenfold.”
No, he didn't. Police officers don't have the ability to do this - arrests create records not only for police, but also for CORRECTIONS offices (the jail) and the COURTS. Police officers don't control the OTHER branches of the criminal justice system who ALSO deal with those arrested. Once an arrest is entered, that record exists forever, and only a JUDGE can order that the record be expunged (and even then, it doesn't disappear from ALL law enforcement records). He may be telling you stuff like this so that you fear his abilities or "connections" - but if he told you that a police officer erased an arrest, he's lying to you.He "had" a drug record I recently found out, but he paid a police officer off to take it off his record.
Are you working with your local domestic violence program to get a solid personal safety plan in place? If not, you need to do this ASAP. They can also provide guidance on your local processes for protection orders, how to file for custody/divorce, etc.I moved away so he doesn’t know where I live but I’m terrified he’s going to show up by my work and put a tracking device on my car, that’s like him to do those types of things).
You can find Illinois resources here:
http://www.aardvarc.org/dv/states/ildv.shtml

