fraser hall
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Hi Forum members,
I have a sticky situation where I am divorced from my Indonesian passport holding wife, we have a daughter who is now 13 and currently against my daughters wishes lives with her mother in Indonesia. My daughter is a British passport holder, as am and only has a yearly renewable visa only to remain in Indonesia - she has on many occasion shown substantial preference to live with me her dad, but has been told this is not possible under Indonesian law and must be approved by my ex-wife's family which seems farcical as its my daughter - from my understanding a child after the age of 12 can choose which parent to reside with and the family have no legal standing or say in the matter whatsoever and are using scare tactics against my deeply unhappy daughter to retian her in Indonesia... can anyone please help clarify... as far as I can see she makes the decision in court and I collect her - additionally her mother has no income and is 100 % dependent on me - which I think is another factor as the ex-wife will lose the substantial funding I provide.
I have a sticky situation where I am divorced from my Indonesian passport holding wife, we have a daughter who is now 13 and currently against my daughters wishes lives with her mother in Indonesia. My daughter is a British passport holder, as am and only has a yearly renewable visa only to remain in Indonesia - she has on many occasion shown substantial preference to live with me her dad, but has been told this is not possible under Indonesian law and must be approved by my ex-wife's family which seems farcical as its my daughter - from my understanding a child after the age of 12 can choose which parent to reside with and the family have no legal standing or say in the matter whatsoever and are using scare tactics against my deeply unhappy daughter to retian her in Indonesia... can anyone please help clarify... as far as I can see she makes the decision in court and I collect her - additionally her mother has no income and is 100 % dependent on me - which I think is another factor as the ex-wife will lose the substantial funding I provide.