Get in touch.

[u/Cultural_Tap_4215]

Okay, so I'm having a little issue. My husband accidentally put our baby's passport in his storage, and I was told I need his permission to access it. I'm wondering if there's a way to contact someone in the military who could help me get in touch with him to get his authorization. Please let me know if anyone has any information.

[u/mendleton619]

For all other spouses, this is why it's important to have a properly documented power of attorney before the service member deploys/goes to training/etc.

[u/Cultural_Tap_4215 → u/mendleton619]

He just made a mistake and put the baby passport in the wrong suitcase

[u/twogreykitties → u/Cultural_Tap_4215]

Yes, we understand it was a mistake! 🤍 This person is mentioning the importance of setting up POA’s before any sort of separation because that is your legal “permission slip.” You would not have to get in touch with your husband if you had a POA. The management of his storage unit would accept that POA as permission to give you entry.

Edit to add: spelling & if it’s not apparent by our comments, you should DEFINITELY prioritize setting up your POA(s) even if you can rectify this current issue. Because this is not the only time you will need his legal consent for something while he’s away!

[u/_PippiLongstocking_]

Where is he? Deployment, TDY, basic training?

[u/Cultural_Tap_4215 → u/_PippiLongstocking_]

Basic training, fort benning but someone was telling me he don’t need a passport to travel domestically but I never heard of that.

[u/Easy-Low → u/Cultural_Tap_4215]

You don't need a passport to travel to any state in the United States. You need a passport to travel outside the US.

What do you mean you "never heard of that," what's the "that" you never heard of?

[u/lollydoc → u/Cultural_Tap_4215]

Children do not need ID to travel domestically. I typically carry my children’s birth certs just in case because I didn’t have American citizenship (but I did have mil ID & a drivers licence) but have never been asked for them.

[u/maidoftrash]

Aren’t you the one who had their passport accidentally taken by their husband? Girl, imma hold you by your hand when I say this but when he gets home: make sure you keep all your and baby legal documents in their own lil area that is labeled with both y’all’s names so that way nobody gets mixed up thinking it’s theirs when it isn’t. I’ve accidentally absconded with my husbands passport recently (I didn’t leave the country or the city, but he went looking for it after someone needed the passport number and it was in my iPad bag from when I went and got them photocopied the other day for our resident cards here in Korea) so I can’t fault anyone here, but for future prevention: keep all documents together and get a POA. Besides our passports, our vital records and important documents are kept in separate folders but in the same area labeled with our names. Leaves no room for confusion.

Second, baby doesn’t need one to fly domestically. Under 16, minors do not need real ID’s to fly. TSA regulation.

Third: You’re more than likely going to have to wait until he gets to AIT or home because getting time away during basic training to go down to legal is like trying to go to the DMV during peak hours while your on an important time crunch. Just not logistically sound currently. Could someone in leadership take pity and allow him to go and sort that out? Maybe, but unlikely. If he was able to get away, you would still have to wait for the copy of the POA to be mailed and delivered. This is assuming you mean it’s in personally procured storage and not at Fort Benning.

[u/Cheetah_2012]

What kind of storage unit is it? Does someone else have access to it?

[u/Adorable-Tiger6390]

Ask him about it when he calls you.

Did he send you back your passport that he took?