parental alientation... not allowing kids to spend time with dad??

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you can take it to court but the judge will probably just tell her to send the kids and no consequences when she does not or at least that was our experience. Judge ordered her to pay a higher cost of the plane tickets but she never paid anything. All they care is if you are paying child support. Take it to court once and then give up, sad to say, but she isn't going to budge and there are only a few rare judges who will hold up father's rights and the reality of you getting a good and reasonable judge is slim. Mom will come up with all kinds of accusations against you and despite not being able to prove them, nothing will change.

My husband gave up when his youngest was 14. He cut them off when that child was 18 financially and moved on. We hear from them or his ex on a rare occasion. Sadly, my husband would prefer not to hear from them after how they treated him.

How they treated him? The kids were just victims of their mother. Can you blame them for giving up? After all it's what they learned from dear old dad. Men go after what they want relentlessly. Your husband simply wasn't that interested in being a father to them.

I don't know how you can stand to be involved with someone who just gave up on his kids.

He gave up because they weren't a priority to him and his new wife didn't want to be bothered anyway. OP, unless you want to lose touch with your kids, don't follow this advice. Never give up.

Are you still cool with any of her family? Someone who might be willing to talk to her about this? I definitely think you need to push back through the courts.