I’m sitting here crying reading your post. It is so shameful yet somewhat comforting to know that we are not alone. My aunt is going through a divorce and custody battle for my 5 yo cousin [Ohio] and the father has kept [child] from my side of the family for nearly 1 year. We have tried peacefully using police at least 5 times to retrieve [child] on OUR LEGAL days and not 1 police officer has followed through with it. Similar to you they say that he will have his day in court to feel the pain from this. However after nearly a year we have lost all faith in the justice system. Not only is the father unfit as a parent, but he is controlling the entire situation with the courts doing absolutely nothing. I hear my grandparents cry every day at the fact that they can’t see their youngest grandkid grow up. This time away has been nearly 20% of [child]’s life so far with no progress. It is so depressing and every time we get the idea that we might see [child] soon, the hope gets shot down by the lack of care for children in the courts.