Originally Posted by Perche

I agree with that, but it think it rises to paranoia levels when it is recommended that you hire an attorney and bring notarized letters just to take a trip to Italy with your children because your ex-husband might call the airport and report a kidnapping. That is a heck of a lot of fear. The OP's question wasn't at all paranoid, but some of the recommendations and advice about how to travel with children was a little overblown, and creates unnecessary angst.