I read a newspaper article about a man who attempted to enforce a visitation order against his ex-wife, who had moved across the country. Unsuccessful in his local court, he traveled to her home state and filed a petition for enforcement. It took several years, during which of course his children grew several years older, but he succeeded in securing a court order against her to force her to comply with the court order. She responded by moving away from the jurisdiction of the court which entered the order. If he can locate her in a limited period of time, he may still have a chance of enforcing the new order against her. If not, he will have to start all over again.

He has spent several years of his (and his children's) life and nearly 100,000 dollars in attorney's fees, court costs, travel and lodging expenses, and is no closer to establishing a relationship with his children that he was when he started. She has deliberately and maliciously deprived her children of a relationship with their father which, under the current system of laws, is apparently legal! Clearly, the law needs to be changed.

When I read this tale in the paper, a question came to mind. By depriving her children of a relationship with their father, is this woman guilty of criminal child abuse? I know how I would answer that question. What do you think?

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