Anticipating The Departure

  After jumping through hoops and making several phone calls, D was certain that his court date here in AZ would be postponed. He had to be gone to Canada before April 19th. His departure date was no longer optional. There was nothing that could be done in the courts here as far as initiating changes in court orders. This needed to be done in Canada. The last thing we wanted was for him to be in jail here.
  The largest obstacle was finding out whether D had an arrest warrant out on him in Manitoba for failing to appear at a show cause hearing back in 2001/not paying child support. No one could give him an answer. D had sought information from an attorney, an officer from the RCMP immigration division and the Canadian Consulate by phone.
He intended to be arrested at the border. Arrangements were made with family should this be the case. So many "what if's" rolled around in our minds.
  D had no Canadian passport and was not a citizen of the USA yet. Would they let him in? He was sure that he could not apply for a Canadian passport due to a probable hold placed on it by Maintenance Enforcement years ago. No one could give him a precise answer. He had to take a trip to the Canadian Consulate in Los Angeles, CA to find out for sure. There was no other way. He headed west on March 22nd.
  Steve Wargo offered to go with him as he had business in LA. He would also film D while he was at the Consulate. Our video camera was ordered but had not come in yet. Steve used his.
  Finally some answers.  The Consulate could not confim that there was or there wasn't a warrant in Manitoba. They could however confirm that D could travel to Canada and cross by land without a passport. This was great news!
  We now knew that he would be allowed into the country. We did not know if he'd be arrested at the border but it did not matter.
  D would face whatever came his way. He was mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually ready.
 
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