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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jon checked out on his family and Kate did what she had to do to survive.[/quote]

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Yep, and the video evidence shows no reason why he should have checked out, especially since Kate is the perfect example of calm, composure, kindness, and all things good. Why would he ever leave such an open hearted, amazing soul? [/quote]

Getting a divorce is not the same as checking out on your kids.  He did both.  Kate being a very difficult personality is not a reason to abandon your children, which is what he did.

I have sympathy for Kate because in a lot of ways she's a single mother and that means she does everything and is judged against her mistakes, while the absent father does essentially nothing but is judged against some  non-standard where "at least he didn't make the mistake the person who has the kids 24/7/365 made 2.5 years ago on Thursday."

I see this IRL too - guys who do essentially nothing get praised for seeing their kids on the holidays while moms get dragged for sending the kids to school with mismatched socks.

Kate doesn't have to be a sweetheart for Jon to be trash.[/quote]

He didn't check out.  [b]He was not allowed contact.[/b]  He fought in court and lost.  What else can he do?  He showed up for visitation and he was refused the kids. [b] He went to court and judge did nothing except say send the kids.[/b]  Do you realize how many fathers have that experience and then get blamed?  He should have been given 50/50 and not she should have been held in contempt for the visitation refusal.   He wasn't an absent father.  He went to his visitation which is all he was allowed.  She turned the kids against him and they "refused" to go with him.[/quote]

You're claiming some contradictory things.  He certainly was allowed contact, that's what the judge saying "send the kids" means.  He said that 4 of them refused to visit him, which you're saying (as he did) is because she turned them against him.  Half of your kids refusing to visit you is not the same as "not allowed contact."  And when 2 of the 4 that don't want to see you are the oldest, it doesn't make a strong case for parental alienation.  If it was Kate feeding them lies then the younger ones would have been more susceptible than the ones who had more memories of their dad.[/quote]

Those kids knew which parent was taking care of them and it wasn't Jon.  The oldest kids were angry at their father for walking away from their family like he did.  [/quote]

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