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Dennis Brennan

For the last six years, we have struggled to maintain and nourish a relationship with my husbands three boys from a prior marriage. We love these kids more than my words can communicate and have had to fight to see them. Over these years, without notice or reason we have had denied visitation with them. When you as a parent and adult has chosen to be a good example and not fall into the fighting game...you still get no help thorough State of Michigan Freind of the Court. We have had to spend many months going through proceedures that in the end has done nothing to help us. This produces a great amount of flustration...for us and the children that are at the mercy of the custodial parent. The problem is that when a parent denies visitation the beneifit of the doubt is given to the one denying...and the system should put a emphasis on the fact that there are correct ways to report a problem with a parent. When a custodial parent denies the other there should be a swift hand of justice dealt to them. The burden should not be put on the non-custodial parent to prove their worthyness so many times they deny out of spite and immaturity. To make the non-custodial parent beg for their right to see the children they produced and pay for is a miscarriage of justice. There is bias within the walls of the FOC...not all women are good wholesome moms and all dads are NOT deadbeats and bad apples. Many...Many men could do the job of raising kids and may just do it better! For the men who miss their children and see them every other weekend and one day during the week...lets make sure we protect their rights to visitations. If we put half the energy into withholding the right of visitation as we do collecting support we would have kids that are much healthier and much happier. The bitter mother that would consider withholding their kids from their fathers should be held to a no junk standard...no jerking people around or GO TO JAIL!