Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-23906605-20131017110136/@comment-1293767-20131027083048

Utter solitude wrote: However, and I've made this argument before, somewhere, there's legal paperwork for everyone in Storybrooke. I'd even wager that Regina would be smart enough to ensure that her paperwork on Henry is complete.

There's paperwork, but it would have no legal standing. Just magical forgeries, but forgeries nonetheless, that are ultimately meaningless since Storybrooke isn't even on the map, it's just this empty spot of land as far as anyone in the non-magic world is concerned.

"You say you live in Storybrooke, Maine? There is no record such place. Can you point it out on the map? That's an empty spot of wilderness." That's what happened to Owen when he tried to explain what happened to him after escaping Storybrooke. The authorities thought he was insane.