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His WW is going overseas with OM, but the passport is in his possession. I don't see anything illegal about making it disappear. I would shred her passport if it were me. Opinions?
Should reachingout destroy his WW's passport
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can I vote more than once????

ink can be spilled by accident

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or just one page can be torn out

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I would not.

If it were me my CHILDENS passports would make a discrete exit to an undisclosed location...but I wouldn't go so far as to try to limit another adults ability to leave the country.


Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once ~Shakespeare
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I fully understand WHY reachingout would want to do this, so don't get me wrong here but I would be very, very surprised if it wasn't illegal to withhold someone's passport and Pep, I know what you're saying and understand the feelings behind it, but I have a feeling defacing a passport is a criminal offence even if it's by "accident".

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I did not say it was the right thing to do

I'm just saying it is what I would do

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It's not legal to hide someone's car key either ... but I've done it

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I feel honored a poll to help make decisions.
Can we do one of these for each decision made every Day.
Maybe then I could sleep instead of thinking about every darn detail.

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I know that Pep, it just bothered me a bit.

I've been googling "withholding passports". It's mainly a human rights issue and a bill was passed in the UK, mainly because of migrant workers being held as virtual slaves, because their passports were being withheld by their employers. I couldn't find anything from the States but something tells me it would be very, very unwise to withhold someone's passport.

It seems to come under "theft of identity" because a passport is classed as an identity paper.

Human rights issues really get me going for some reason.

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lose the key to the safe

howz dat?

hey, can't a girl have any fun around here?

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PS ... REACHINGOUT

do not listen to me

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Losing the key to the safe I could live with. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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I really don't need to do anything with the passport, I could just conveniently forget the combination to the safe

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I really don't need to do anything with the passport, I could just conveniently forget the combination to the safe

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Hey, now we're all on the same page.

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I really don't need to do anything with the passport, I could just conveniently forget the combination to the safe

When is she supposed to leave. I would just disappear for a few days before she was supposed to leave. Then you have done absolutely nothing wrong.


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If she reports the passport lost or stolen, she can get a replacement on an emergency basis very quickly (maybe even 24 hours). I think losing the passport will be an ineffective measure that will turn around and bit him on the assets. I agree about the childrens' passports although WW would probably not be allowed to take them out of the country anyway without BH's notarized consent.

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I tried to vote more than once Pep! Darn thing wouldn't let me! I say all is fair in love and war. And an EMR is war! Good against evil. And God is on our side! And a little accident with the coffee and an out of control coffee grinder just could be the only culprit!


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the passport would be shredded by me. hmmm? what passport? gee, I don't know where it is.... shredded in a heartbeat.

and BTW, there is nothing in the law that say you cannot hide car keys or a passport for that matter. it's his house... he can put things whereever he pleases...even her keys or passport. and then he can just forget where they are. I would avoid all that myslef and shred it...no apologiy and no admission on my part. This is war... sometimes there are casualties.

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Jen... this issue with his wife cannot be stretched into a human rights issue. It really has nothing in common with migrant workers being forced to stay because their passposts were taken from them.

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