HOW TO APPLY
You or your solicitor should contact the Central
Authority for Scotland. You will find the address under the
contact points and useful addresses section.
Staff will take brief details over the telephone and
will send you an application form to complete, which will
ask for further information. The completed form should be
returned, accompanied by certified copies of any applicable
court order, photographs of the child and abductor, birth
certificates and an affidavit. Application forms can also
be downloaded from the website.
The central authority will arrange for translations, if
necessary, and will send documents by fax, airmail or
courier to the Central Authority of the country to which
the child has been taken or retained.
The speed and manner in which the case is conducted in
the country to which the child has been taken are dependent
upon the internal procedures of that country. The Central
Authority for Scotland provides a point of contact between
the applicant and the foreign authorities. It will do all
it can to press for a speedy resolution of the matter, and
will keep you or your solicitor informed of progress.
APPLICATION FORMS
All the forms listed below are provided in Adobe Acrobat
format, if you are unable to open the files you may need to
download a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader from the
Adobe website.