Jack Laurence

Chad says that because Nancy didn't work, they were always together, running errands, grocery shopping, you name it, they did it as a family unit.

So he said he'd never really experienced this possessiveness that Nancy seemed to have over their son.

He says his relationship with Nancy had always seemed more like a friendship than a marriage.

And eventually, Chad says around early 2001, he'd had enough and tells Nancy that he's moving out and straight into his brother-in-law's house.

So Chad is living with his brother-in-law and says that he had a fantastic relationship with his ex-wife's family.

Eventually, he gets offered a job overseas.

Having always wanted to live in Europe, he accepts the position.

However, it seems this is where the relationship with him and his ex-wife would go horribly wrong.

So Chad hops on a plane and he heads back to the US to try and rectify the visitation issues with his former wife.

And they end up in mediation.

Chad's travelling back and forth between the US and Europe, constantly having issues trying to see his son.

Until one day, things take a turn for the worse still, when in summer of 2004, around his son's eighth birthday, Chad tries to call him, something he says was always an issue.

Try and put yourself in Chad's position right now.

You're a parent involved in a very difficult separation.

always struggling to get visitations or even get your child on the phone.

You live thousands of miles away in another country and eventually you get hold of them and they tell you that they're moving.

In America, they of course have different states and each of those states has different laws.

And if a parent of a child with shared custody wants to move out of a state, they must first give the courts 60 days notice of their intention to do so.

This ensures that all visitation rights between the parents can be transferred over to the new state and of course remain intact.

Well, Chad says his wife fails to do this, so he files an injunction.