Bad decisions.  Somehow, there has to be a win in this.  Taken in the best light, the guy wants to be a devoted father to his daughter.  He may have been screwed, it wouldn't have been the first time, by the ex and the system weighted towards the mothers.  Or, he may just be a complete, dangerous bad person.  I am hoping and thinking maybe the former, in which case, if proven and cooler heads prevail, the system enables his fatherhood instead of rips it away.  But the system usually doesn't act that prudently, decisively or efficiently, and things get unnecessarily really screwed up, going from bad to worse.  Opportunities are lost many times that otherwise could've been gained.  I hope for the best here, in terms of the man, his ability to be a good devoted father, and the system's ability to decipher this (or not, but at least be fair and accurate), and act appropriately.