Never hate your ex more than you love your children.

That is our creed.

But there are times when we are tested. Times when anger turns to hate and hate turns to vengeance. Yet all we really long for is the return of our children and the restoration of the sacred bond between father and child.

As I have said since 2001 when I started Fathers4Justice, losing your child in the secret family courts is like a living bereavement.

Many dads commit suicide. Others walk away when faced with an impenetrable wall of opposition and a cruel, secretive court system that will leave you buried alive in a pit of despair, with no children, no home, no life and no hope.

Others courageously fight on. Some may achieve a positive outcome, but as many fathers find, relationships with our children – channeled as they are through the ever present gatekeepers…