[INDIANA] The system is so broken!

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.

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