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Send us a textEpisode 11Guest - Brett KingEpisode 10On our next episode of the Broken Fathers Podcast features Brett King, a 49-year-old father of three from the Gold Coast who works in civil construction.Brett, originally from New Zealand, married in 1998 and had two children. He was diagnosed with "Primary Nephrotic Syndrome" and underwent chemotherapy. Working extensive hours led to financial and domestic issues, including the discovery of unauthorized credit cards taken out in his name by his then-partner who forged his signature.Seeking a fresh start, they moved to Australia, where Brett quickly found work in Blackwater. Brett making a working hard for a good salary, saw him build a new home in Emerald during the mining boom in 2008. Unfortunately, his partner became abusive and ended the relationship shortly after they moved in. Brett later discovered she was having an affair with the dirtbag neighbour directly across the road. Despite this, Brett provided significant financial support to his ex-partner, renting her a new place, paying all her bills, groceries and furniture whilst maintaining the mortgage and children.Meanwhile, Brett was providing $1,000 a week in child support while his ex-partner refused to work. Brett experienced difficulties protecting his children from their mother's abusive partner, with child safety offering no assistance. Mediation resulted in a parenting plan that was ineffective. His partner's pregnancy escalated conflict with his ex-partner, who unsuccessfully pursued a DVO against him. Workplace harassment related to these issues led to his resignation.During property settlement, his ex-partner initially sought 73% of assets. However, Brett disclosed her prior affair and financial misconduct in New Zealand, leading to a revised settlement of 55%. The day before Brett’s wedding, he had a check-up in Rockhampton and was informed he was out of admission, stated chemo after the wedding for a second time to try and wipe immune system to retrigger it.While on night shift, Brett received a devastating call from his wife. The two older children disclosed that the dirtbag neighbour’s son had been inappropriately touching them.Tragically, the neighbour’s son admitted to these actions, leading his dirtbag father to attempt suicide upon realizing the severity of the situation, knowing what was all about to come out. Subsequent confirmation revealed Brett's oldest son had been raped and his daughter interfered with.As any devoted parent would, Brett took full-time care of his children. However, at the final hearing, in a decision delivered while Brett was muted in a lawyer’s office, the judge awarded custody back to their mother. Brett later learned this unusual arrangement from the judge doing it in a lawyer’s office was due to a previous incident where a father had tragically poured petrol on himself outside the Brisbane family courthouse following a similar ruling. Despite the children's fear and reluctance, Brett and his wife were forced to prepare them for a return to an unsafe environment as mandated by the judge. The handover was a traumatic scene, requiring six police officers to restrain Brett as his ex-partner's boyfriend took the children. Even the attending police officers, who had conducted the initial investigation and found a clear case, were astounded by the judge's decision, given the presented evidence. Years later, now of age, Brett's two oldest children expressed their desire to remain with him permanently, refusing to return to their mother. When their mother called the police, the attending officers, after speaking with the children and hearing their wishes, respected their decision and left. To this day, their mother Support the show