I guess I would try calling the prison on that one. If they say no I would call or research about getting one in absentiia (I think that is what it is called)? Why though do you need a POA for passports? Just curious since I do not have a passport

For children's passports both parents need to be there to sign. If one parent cannot be there then they must use this special form that needs to be notorized.

I need a POA to handle any of his affairs. Like his credit cards and any other financial matters

Contact the prison as they can provide you a name of a notary they have approved to do these types of legal paperwork. If they don't have a notary they use, ask them what the process is to have one see him.

You can go to legalzoom, rocketlawyer, or one of many sites and create your own POA. Find a free one, download the forms and fill in the blanks. Some sites will allow you to create the POA online and then you can print it for your use.

Here is one site you can access which will help you----

http://tinyurl.com/qy29pu4

You husband will be the "principal" since he is the one giving you the POA and the permission to carry out financial transactions for him. For his address you will use the prison address.

You will use the forms of the state in which you are living, since that is the state which will be enforcing the POA.

The document portion that you download or create from the site will be a generic document that will cover 99% of most people needs. I am relatively sure that you and your husband do not have several million dollars stashed away in liquid assets or savings, so the online document will work fine.

There is no need to spend any money as this can be done for free. If someone mentions that you need to spend money for this, they just want to get into your pocketbook.

Once you fill out your portion, send it back to your husband. He can sign it, have it notarized either in the case managers office or at the law library and send it back to you. You can then have your signature notarized on the last or next to last page.

After you have both notarized both signatures, you are ready to go.

You can then use it whenever you do business for your husband.

Every institution where you do business on behalf of your husband will want a copy of the POA on file, so it would be advisable to make several copies for yourself.

It would be a good idea to call the prison, as some of these facilities are cranky about how POAs are created. Get a good idea of the procedure they use in prison.

If you have any questions, message me.

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Is that only if the parents are married? The reason I ask is because many divorced parents do not have contact info for the other parent. I wonder what the would do then? Being in prison is similar in the fact that the other parent cannot be there - seems like there would be a way

Thank you everyone. I will be contacting the prison to see what they suggest I do.

Advocate it does not matter if you are married or not, the other parent must sign a notarized form giving permission to apply for passports. If you are not in contact with the other parent you must were a notarized statement that you do not know where he/she is and are not in contact with them. i believe this procedure is I place to ensure that the child is not being taken out of country illegally and that you are giving permission for the child to have a passport.

Ugh that is really a pain

The rule is there so that parent's can't just take children out of country without both parent's consent. They call it parental kidnapping and the Hague can only protect so far. Custody battles can easily be won or lost by removing the children from their originating country.