leave him alone. if he doesn't want to be active in her life, then forcing him will only cause more ill will and their meetings will be strained and awkward. invite him frequently, but don't take it to court.

My daughter now 24 grew up without her dad She saw him 1 time every few months for years and never called her in between visits. Don't talk badly ever about him He is paying child support That is good Let it go My daughter connected with her father while in College cause she lived near him They now have a beautiful loving close relationship And my daughter is a very well adjusted girl and Gives me a fathers day card every year and says Thanks for being Mom and dad to me You loved me enough to get me through You will be fine and so will your daughter. Let him take the initiative when he is emotionally ready . And tell your daughter he loves her because he probably does but is afraid of something BE KIND

If he's with you where is your daughter?

You can't MAKE him vist her. The noncustodial parent (the parent whom the child does NOT live with) is the one who files for visitation with the child. If he doesn't want to visit, then forget him. You both are better off without him.

you can't enforce visitation to make a parent visit with a child because of the possible risk of danger to the child

Send him these: All Children Deserve Two Parents Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears has noted, children born to unmarried women and to those in cohabiting relationships “must often overcome increased risks of poverty, education failure, child abuse, delinquency, emotional distress and mental illness.”…….the lack of a father’s guidance in children’s lives is a major cause of their suffering. “Marriage is the best child welfare, crime prevention, anti-poverty program we have,” http://www.barnesville.com/archives/266-gem-from-jim-octuplets.....html Fortune Magazine - Fatherless Families & Crime “Ominously, the most reliable predictor of crime is neither poverty nor race but growing up fatherless.” http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76732/index.htm Stanford University - Divorce, Nontraditional Families, and Its Consequences For Children "We know that children of divorced parents have more emotional and behavioral problems and do less well in school than children who live with both their Parent." http://www.stanford.edu/~rmahony/Divorce.html Fatherless America : Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem David Blankenhorn http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Fatherless-America/David-Blankenhorn/e/9780060926830/?itm=1 Stupid Things Parents Do to Mess Up Their Kids Dr. Laura Schlessinger http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Stupid-Things-Parents-Do-to-Mess-Up-Their-Kids/Laura-Schlessinger/e/9780060933791/?itm=12

You can't make him visit her by court order. what I suggest is finding out the reason why he doesn't visit. As a father, I know that often i was reluctant to visit my children because the mother would call, and tell me "you need to buy this and that" and I wouldn't have any money". also if the father is behind on child support, it is a federal law that he can't leave the state, so if he lives in another state, he is unable to visit. talk to him, and find out the reason he doesn't visit. I am sure he wants to, but there may be something that he is not telling you that is causing a problem. and don't get it twisted, fathers love their children, but sometimes the courts and the mothers treat us like a walking wallet instead of a father.

Send him these: FATHERLESS FAMILIES All Children Deserve Two Parents Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears has noted, children born to unmarried women and to those in cohabiting relationships “must often overcome increased risks of poverty, education failure, child abuse, delinquency, emotional distress and mental illness.”…….the lack of a father’s guidance in children’s lives is a major cause of their suffering. “Marriage is the best child welfare, crime prevention, anti-poverty program we have,” http://tinyurl.com/ChildrenDeserve2Parents Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem David Blankenhorn http://tinyurl.com/FatherlessAmerica-Book Fortune Magazine - Fatherless Families & Crime “Ominously, the most reliable predictor of crime is neither poverty nor race but growing up fatherless.” http://tinyurl.com/FatherlessFamiliesCrime Stanford University - Divorce, Nontraditional Families, and Its Consequences For Children "We know that children of divorced parents have more emotional and behavioral problems and do less well in school than children who live with both their Parent." http://www.stanford.edu/~rmahony/Divorce.html THE FATHERLESS GENERATION http://tinyurl.com/FatherlessGeneration Joint Custody "My parents divorced when I was 2 years old. Because I was so young, I cannot remember anything of how the divorce actually felt at the time. But 12 years later, I am quite content with my life and my parents. Unlike many divorced couples with children, neither parent has primary custody of me, but rather, I switch between my parents' houses every other day, spending roughly equal time with my mother and my father." Equal Time - A Teen’s Views On Joint Custody Charlotte Juerge Newsweek - Dec 15, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/TeenView-JointCustody http://tinyurl.com/TeenView-JointCustody-Video Father Makes Two - James Cook (Deceased 03/09), Joint Custody Assoc. By Margot Roosevelt, Nov. 11, 2003, Time Magazine http://tinyurl.com/FatherMakesTwo Single mothers and the baby boom For some, the growth of single-mother families is a sign of female empowerment. If children without fathers fare worse than children in two-parent families, say defenders of single mothers, the answer is better pay for women and better social programs. Yet even in Sweden with its generous welfare state, a major 2003 study found that children raised in single-parent homes were at significantly higher risk for addictions and serious psychiatric problems. Single mothers and the baby boom By Cathy Young - Boston Globe May 26, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/SingleMothersBabyBoom Parents: Never Underestimate Your Importance http://tinyurl.com/ParentsNeverUnderestimate

No one can make him visit her but you are getting support for her and unless she is asking to see him sometimes it is better to leave it alone. I go through so much drama with my ex I feel like I can't even breath.