[corona]

Yes, as others have said, you need notarized approval from both parents to take a minor child out of the country. We've taken our minor niece and a friend of my son's to Aruba, and was not asked to show the document. However, a few years ago, my husband (and our son's father) was taking our son to Canada, and I just happened to go into the airport with them, thankfully. The woman at the counter needed my approval for his dad to take him. She said had I not been there, and since my husband didn't have a letter stating my approval for him to take him to Canada, they wouldn't have let them leave. It's to cut down on child custody abductions. We also had the parents send medical/dental authorization letters in case the child got sick or injured.