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I don't know for sure, but I suspect that my godchild's dear ole' daddy might not even have called her had I not seen him. I know that the grandparents take the time to visit with her but that visitation is not required. So what now?
On this, there is no right or wrong. Legally, there is not much that can be done. However, it hardly seems fair. Emotionally, the child suffers. Her behavior reflects it. There is no judge that will MAKE the father spend the time with the child. Its just sad that a parent can willingly participate in the act that produced the child but gives not a second thought to that child after he/she separates from the other parent. To this day, it amazes me that many think like my client said about his child's daily activities. She never crossed his mind and I really wonder how much she did at all. It is a shame that parent, my godchild's father, and the many more exactly like them have children only to ignore their existence.
Okay finally, I am getting to my point in all this. Out to dinner with my family and mother-in-law, I recently ran into Dad. Dad was leaving a restaurant, while I was just entering. Pure bad luck on my part. After a call to my friend, knowing that it was her weekend and that my godchild would be home that weekend, I found out that she was not even aware of his presence in our neck of the woods. Just as I figured. After all this, it got me to thinking what one of my clients told me. He said "she [his child] does not live with me, I don't know what she eats for breakfast, how often she brushes her teeth, nor do these things ever cross my mind."
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