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Originally posted by stuckinmiddle:
It's a long, long story but I am stuck in the middle of it all due to living arrangements. Here's the short version: My sister and her husband have separated. My sister has taken my niece and moved into an apartment. My brother-in-law has a new friend that came into the picture after their separation. When my sister found out about his friend, she was very upset and hurt. I can totally understand that, but what I don't understand is that my sister is now refusing to let my niece see her father or even talk to him on the phone. My brother-in-law is a great father. He was a stay-at-home father for over the first year of his daughter's life. He has been active in her life since birth (she is now 3 1/2). They are just recently separated and no divorce papers have been filed. What can he do? He wants to see/talk to his daughter. I know that what my sister is doing is going to hurt my niece more than my brother-in-law as this is what my mother did when my parents were divorced.