Men are routinely made to pay with nobody around to enforce their right to see their child. In Texas, its a Felony to interfere with custody but good luck finding a cop or state attorney willing to enforce.
I went through some of that myself.
I get kind of a kick about women who complain about the fathers not wanting to be in their child’s life. I suspect more men want to be involved than don’t, and more men are discouraged from remaining in contact, than aren’t.
Every visitation day, my kids had something else planned. Not just something simple to ignore, but something like Disneyland with friends, or whatever else could be thought of.
Then even if you prevail, there you are with a kid who thinks they just got cheated out of Disneyland with their friends.
You can’t win.