My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Illinois
I have been divorced for about 6 years now and I have tried to get my ex to have a relationship with his daughter. But he's always busy. When we got divorced we set it up for him to pay me directly with the child support, which he did for about 3 years. Then he lost his job and hasn't paid anything for 18 months. He hasn't called her or sent her any kind of birthday or Christmas presents. So I had child support go after him for support. He's a very abusive, alcoholic with emotional problems. His current wife has had to called the police several times as well. My daughter is scared of him and doesn't want to be with him at all. She doesn't even want to visit because he lives an hour away from me.
I'm very afraid I might lose her and she is my whole life. She'll be 13 this month and I was hoping someone would know how this might end up. Any advice would help...thank you.

