>1. If I get her to sign an agreement of some sort that she
>gives her permission for Daughter to go on trip, can I use
>that to ensure my investment and that Daughter gets to go?
You can use an agreement to obtain reimbursement if the mother refuses to permit you to exercise visitation consistent with the requirements of the trip, but only the court can grant you an independent right to unrestricted custody necessary to ensure that your child can go.
>2. If Bio Mother backs out and refuses to let Daughter go,
>making me loose any money, can I sue her in court? Please
>advise on possible outcome with and without signed agreement.
I seriously doubt that your ex will sign an agreement, and frankly, you shouldn't have paid for the trip until you obtained her written consent. However, now that you have already paid, I suggest that you write her a letter, and send it certified, return receipt, so that you have her signature that she received it, as follows:
Dear EX,
Per our verbal agreement of ??/??/??, I have made travel arrangements for our daughter to participate in the "People to People Ambassador Program" (see attached itinerary). I am voluntarily accepting the obligation to pay for the entire cost of the program ($6,000.00) without any expectation of a contribution from you.
Recently, on ??/??/??, you related to me that you may rescind your permission and prevent our daughter from attending this program. Obviously, this would have the effect of both depriving our daughther of a wonderful opportunity, as well as depriving me of the benefit of my already contracted for travel arrangements.
While I cannot likely prevent you from withholding the trip from our daughter, I believe that the court can and will hold you financially liable for any out of pocket costs that I cannot recover as reimbursement from the various travel providers.
I have attached a schedule of the amount of refund that I can obtain and the dates after which those refunds are no longer available. Please keep these dates in mind, as, if your future actions actually cause me to lose any money, I will immediately file suit against you to recover my losses.
Sincerely,