In this story, the mom was the custodial parent.
Technically, the custodial parent does have legal grounds to make demands forchild support.
Or so they think.
If you earn it.
One can imagine a man like this has few friends if barely cares about his own children.
So now he is terminally ill and alone and, surprise surprise, has no one to help.
Again, he only even thought about reconnecting when he needed it, not earlier.
He wasnt around, he doesnt get to makerulesor demands.
This is not to say that its as easy as just blocking someone whoseabsencehas been felt your whole life.
Actually getting closure is important and its also important to maintain this framing.
They are doing it for themselves, not out of some misguided duty.
Importantly, the mom is also still in the picture and does not seem to care either.
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