On April 23 2016 my wife was going to take our daughter to visit family for the day. What happened instead changed my life. She had met some of her family at the local police detachment and left with our child. She had made statements about abuse and controlling personality etc. Soon after they h... access page ...

On April 23 2016 my wife was going to take our daughter to visit family for the day. What happened instead changed my life. She had met some of her family at the local police detachment and left with our child. She had made statements about abuse and controlling personality etc. Soon after they had left the police showed up at my door. I was confused and worried thinking maybe there had been an accident or something. After a series of questions I knew there was no accident but still hadn't realized what was happening, maybe I didn't want to. But when I saw our car abandoned later that day and had not been able to reach my wife for several hours I knew what had happened. She stole my daughter and the police let her do it.

Now what is important to know is, my wife has a mental health condition that requires daily medication. Though she has started medication several times she always stops which sends her into a worse state than not being on it at all.

When she left I immediately contacted family services where she went to and reported my concerns. They in turn made an appointment to interview her at her mother's place, which is where she moved to, in a few days. So they all had ample time to prepare for this interview which is intended to determine the ability to care for a child. They then submitted a letter that stated "the child is thriving in her care" they had no prior knowledge of my daughters state prior to this interview and it had been only a few days so this statement was meant to support the mother's side and nothing to do with a child's welfare.

A symptom of my wife's condition is uncontrollable lying. Her affidavit submitted to court made Charles Manson look like a good catch. I've had to endure months of hostility, false accusations and belittlement I've had to fight for every minute I get with my daughter. I didn't see her for about 5 weeks after they left, then I managed to get 2 hrs every Sunday afternoon. It was a 2.5 hr drive each way but to see my baby I never missed a day.

I was late once, traffic was worse than normal. After 1 min I had already received a text stating that they were going to leave. I showed up at 2 mins after. And big surprise an argument because she was ready for a fight. Now I have every other weekend, since our case conference in October 2016. She has had an unknown number of boyfriends and even been engaged and then not engaged in this time. Earlier this year at Easter. My mother in law texted me and asked if I would take my daughter to the dr during the weekend because she's been sick and my wife won't take her just saying it's only a cold. Which I did but the dr we saw didn't seem overly concerned.

I did have to do some song and dance at reception because my wife refuses to give me the health card. 2 weeks later my mother in law had called me while I was on my way to pick up my daughter for the weekend. She informed me that they were all at the hospital and my daughter had a high fever and that she didn't think I would be able to have her this weekend. I said I was coming anyway because my baby is in the hospital. During this afternoon/evening her mother proceeded to tell me a lot of things about my wife, boyfriends, things she's done etc. This hospital visit revealed pneumonia and chest infection.

So weeks of "it's just a cold" had taken its toll. It was around this time my wife had started her latest medication. She remained in it until 2 weeks ago. A couple months ago she broke up with her fiancée, the details are questionable, and we had been getting along better than ever. She even approached me about settling outside of court. Offering me Wednesday night to Friday night on the opposite weeks from the weekends I already get. And of course I'd be paying the proper support amount (when the original amount was set I had a different job, and we haven't been back to court to restructure). While we were waiting for my lawyer to write up this agreement we decided on we started to talk about getting back together and seeking counselling to deal with our past problems. I had seen that she had been on meds for several months and ready seemed genuine about wanting to stay on them so I was willing to give it another shot.

Then her dr wanted to increase her dosage, they had planned on increasing after 6 months. This increase messed her up for a few days, during this time she decided to stop taking her meds altogether.

A total crash happened. We are back to the beginning all over again. I am the reason for every bad thing that ever happened to her. No settlement, no extra days just "give me more money you deadbeat loser." My lawyer never returns emails so I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm worried that in her current mental state she isn't taking proper care of my daughter, she now lives on her own so there isn't anyone else around to make sure everything is ok.

I don't trust family services, or the police. I am lost. I have great family and friends supporting me, but it just seems like I'm going nowhere. I worry about my daughter, and I want her with me but there just doesn't seem to be an answer.

I don't wish to be anonymous, I am a father and I am proud of my scars.