Personal Narrative: My Attempt Case

My recent contempt case was fairly dramatic in that I wasn’t permitted visitation for well over a year, phone communication with my daughter was essentially blocked even to the point of having her phone disconnected by the mother, I was openly referred to as a ‘Monster and a Jerk’ by the mother and perhaps the most extreme example a friend of hers on Facebook stated he should ‘try out his new concealed weapons permit when I came for visitation’. My ex-wife even ‘liked’ this comment, yet after bringing this and other facts up in Court, the Judge, ironically found me, the father, in contempt of Court and assessed a $3500 fine. The Judge's message and that of the mother's lawyer was clear, that I should understand that as a father, all of my rights