• DillyDaily@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My dad and my brother both have passports and travel regularly.

    I can’t get a passport because my dad refuses to give me legal access to his birth certificate to prove that one of my parents was a citizen when I was born.

    Why? Because according to the him, the government shouldn’t need that information from our family, so he refuses on principal.

    I can’t get a passport without that document.

    I can try and take my dad to small claims court, but I don’t have the money for that, my relationship with my dad is civil and functional aside from this one issue, and getting lawyers involved will destroy the family, all I want is a passport.

    He needs a psychiatrist, not a lawyer. Because he makes no sense.

    There isn’t really enough advice or support out there for children of whack job idiots.

    • JakenVeina@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Just remember. If you end up having to sue him to get this resolved, that’s not you destroying the family, that’s him.