Pass port for my minor grand daughter

Krishnamoorthy (Querist) 09 September 2013 This query is : Resolved
My grand daughter is aged 15 years. After her father's death in an accident in 2002, I got my daughter remarried to a divorcee in 2007 and an adaption deed was also registered. Now when Approached passport dept for a fresh pass port for my grand daughter,they insist on the divorce decree issued by the US court to be attested by them, for adding her name in father's passport. On enquiries with US dept they refused to do the same as presently he is not residing in USA.I need a solution for this problem and we are in a fix to know how to go about.
Could you please help in this regard. they live in Bangalore now.

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Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 10 September 2013
Serve a legal notice to the passport office through a lawyer failing which file a writ petition in the given facts.

malipeddi jaggarao (Expert) 10 September 2013
Meet the pass port officer with the reply of US authorities and seek his advice.

Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 10 September 2013
Some information is not provided:
a) Whether the Grand Daughter is having passport, now applying for renewal and if so who is shown as father on the passport.

b) Whose divorce decree is required by the passport office ? Mother was widow. IF it is father where he got divorce and how and where? If divorced, he must be having divorce decree.
c) When adoption papers are available why divorce papers needed.

Consult passport adviser or passport officer.

Krishnamoorthy (Querist) 10 September 2013
It is for a fresh Passport.
The divorce decree is available. They want the same to be attested/endorsed by US authorities.
The passport officer only suggested these.