I am overwhelmed at how many people contact me. Here was one father’s story. You can find the full story in the Your Voice Section or by clicking here.

I would guess my story isn’t much different than the others you’ve heard. I divorced about 3 year ago and married my high school sweetheart. For me it was a recognition of a mistake that I had made countless years before.

In the previous marriage we had two wonderful boys. I was very close with them and after the separation gained custody of the children. My ex was at best a drifter and at worst an opportunist and a compulsive liar and voluntarily signed away custody of the children. As she slowly got herself into a position to argue for a change of custody (based in large part on her living with a new boyfriend) she began to alienate the boys during each each of their visits. Naïve as I was, I still concluded that having both parents was important. I continually reminded the boys to call, talked with them about issues that bothered them since their mother lived in a different state, comforted them when she failed to deliver on her promises, and funded most of her visits. I had asked for no child support and took on the responsibility of raising them with no financial assistance from the mother. This was in direct contradiction to the opinions of my attorney, but men believe in fairness above all else.