The sobering fact of family law is that to be in the business of orchestrating

part of a dynamic, developing system no less than the father. In neither
instance can an understanding of one part be allowed to substitute for
an understanding of the whole.
Four potential remedies for mild to moderate visitation resistance
and refusal are discussed below. When the dynamics become intractable

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and entrenched, however, two further remedies are often considered.
The topic of reunification after a parent–child relationship has been
severed is discussed in chapter 12.