Haven't been back here in quite some time... Nothing has changed much at all. Here or in my case to be a father to my son. I retained an attorney for petition of paternal rights and to establish child support and visitation. I did it in July of 2006. I was not married to his mother , though we did have a very close relationship (eg: lived together,loved each other. We were together for 2 years up until the birth of our son. This child was highly anticipated by both of our very close families. It was too perfect for all of us and destined to last forever. Incompatibility set in as soon we left the hospital with our son. Ive heard of PPS but never experienced it with my daughters mother. My daughter is the child's sister who was also very involved in the pregnancy and spent every day besides school days with us in our shared rental house. Everyone was VERY close to say the least. Long story short, Our child was not to be seen by anyone unless by appointment,especially family. Our newborns big sister wasn't allowed to hold him and I was forbidden to change him,or get very close to him at all. Co-parenting was not on her agenda and i was told to move out after the first week he was home from the hospital. In October of 2006 while at work I received a certified informing that she had moved to Connecticut and that this was in her best interests. We lived in Florida. I haven't seen our child since that time and we all know what year it is now. Even with legal reprsentation and myself being the Petitioner I have managed to get nowhere after a very long time. So, [email protected], you sound like almost all of the fathers that Ive read about on this site. Good Luck in your foundation formation, hope I can help.