Months ago, at the first court appearance, he came in with guns blazing, demanding 50-50 visitation and custody.
Now, he's consistently and consecutively cancelled all court ordered visits for almost 2 months. He doesn't call. He's entirely uninvolved in DD's life. His visitation has now been suspended by the judge until the next court date. I haven't seen a cent in child support, either.
I don't understand how he could just stop seeing her. DD is really little but she still asks for him, especially when I'm on the phone. "Daddy? Daddy? I want Daddy!", she says. She was scrolling through my old phone while playing a kid's game and found pictures of her father. "I want Daddy! I want Daddy!"
It breaks my heart. I know I'm capable of doing this on my own, as I have been. I tell myself I'm a good mom and that I'll do everything I can to make my daughter's life as good and as normal as possible. But I never, ever expected STBX to become a deadbeat.