I had been in a relationship with my partner for around 20 months. It started like most, all good for about two weeks, then the jealousy and paranoia started. Every 10 to 20 minutes calling me to run to her. Then out of the blue she just disappeared to a women's shelter. I had the police look for her and locate her. All good - no wrongs or anything to do with domestic violence - she just needed some time alone. After I had to be near her every 20 or so minutes, like that's real fair leaving me and friends worrying about her, and surprise she's pregnant (after saying its not possible for her to get pregnant).

Well to me I think this girlfriend is very demanding and clingy but cute and a storyteller “liar”. I've never even heard of a women's refuge, but soon learned the actual meaning of them. Not little holiday resorts, but for actual girls in serious trouble. Not that many spare rooms in them, to be used as a resort! Anyway, later I had to save my baby and ring 000 to protect my baby from mum-to-be and that is the biggest mistake I made. My partner took revenge and lied in court. VRO on me. I'm supposed to be made look like a serial armed knife wielding maniac. Nice of you for that. The baby was born, not that I'm to know, and 3 months later my partner returns home like nothing happened, never said a word to me about it. I'm just happy to have our baby home. Very cute and we are always laughing and having fun.

Then mum says, "I'm leaving him with you to raise and leaving to another state." Ah, OK, this is her saying I'm so dangerous, but leaves our child for me to raise. As she had me falsely arrested and gaoled for 3 months, I had to find a new home for our child. We did good, and so child welfare had him. One week he went into the care place with his mum, and the shock to me, a month later she ABANDONED my little boy. Now I'm trying to have my child returned back to his dad and home.

Why do this to anyone, to leave my child for a second time and just lie for no reason about me. It's a shame, she was a nice girl, to do this reckless act and didn't even care that she did it. I was told about it after being released from prison. Now I look like a very bad person indeed to the police and the ladies at the child protection service. They really dislike me because of the false statements told by my partner, and I'm still facing SERIOUS criminal charges because of the first lies she told and the second lot of lies she told.

I'm just lost. I don't understand. Why would anyone do this to people? It's the first time for me and any of my friends to see this happen to a child. He is the most important thing. He will be missing his dad and friends and his grandparents who never got asked if they could take care of him. The protection people still tried to have my son returned to his reckless mum. I don't yet understand - why would they give her a third chance after she had already failed 2 times at such a young age. I was a very good dad. I did everything like a loving dad would. It's so unfair on my child, my parents and friends and the kids who were in his daily life. ABANDONED??????????????????? Why do that to a little child?