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I think that's great for you. In a better world, my daughter might have that, too. In a better situation, she would not have been abused in another household, would not have been part of an  unfortunately acrimonious custody modification to remove her from that abusive household, and would not have a parent who was holding her vital records and documents hostage to express unhappiness over being ruled against in court. It has taken us a while to rebuild all of the things she had confiscated from her, taken as punishment, or just withheld. It's a difficult situation, but that's just the way it's been.

It sounds like you have a really great family, and I'm glad for you about it. I wish my daughter had the support of both her parents; if she did, she probably wouldn't have awkward situations like this come up.

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Why are you putting this here? What does this really have to do with the problem? Playing a pity-card isn't going to resolve this problem, or make a resolution present itself. Not to mention that your daughter may not be exactly comfortable with you expounding upon the details of her broken childhood to an anonymous mass.

While you may indeed be feeling only depression or disappointment over the situation, and while many of us here lament the situation you're in,  that does not change the fact that in your *four* posts on the forum, two have been regarding your custody battle in detail that is completely unnecessary. Is it any wonder we think you sound bitter?

You said earlier that you had decided to attend in January. Why not get her replacement documents then? Why wait? If you needed them for summer activities, having them handled before summer would have helped to prevent this exact situation from occurring. As soon as this unpleasant situation occurred, requesting replacement documentation from the government should have been first priority. ID is useful for more than just attending cons, and her being without is bound to generate further problems.

My personal two cents; stop playing the pity card. Those of us who are also from abusive homes find it *quite* offensive. Don't blame the convention because you haven't been able to procure ID. Stop assuming that people who habitually have carried ID come from perfect homes with perfect parents. We're not all sheltered teens who live in a world where everything is perfect. Some of us are adults who just happen to have their lives, and documentation, in order.