When your wife kidnaps your child

Griffin Stone shows how British justice tramples on the rights of fathers and brutally deprives them of access to their offspring

I am a member of a club I never wanted to join. I barely knew the club existed until I had become a member. I would love to pull out altogether, but the decision, unfortunately, isn’t mine.

I see my fellow members as a breed of noble losers, though my self-image doesn’t permit me to see myself that way. They are men – yes, it is an overwhelmingly male club, though women have been known to gain entry – who have lost court battles (usually many), personal struggles, money, time, professional standing and peace of mind, yet still fight on because they believe they are right, because they can’t give up, they won’t let go. I would say many of them are obsessive. I don’t blame them.

We are parents who have been cut off from our children.